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For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should be a beacon within. This beacon being the sun, sea, and sky, our children, our work, our companions and, most simply put, the embodiment of love.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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