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Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.

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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
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Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
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Hunger
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Desire
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Banquet
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