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Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.
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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My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
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