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Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Photographer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Visual Artist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
Gradually
Everywhere
Finally
Sea
Calmed

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