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The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.
Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: May 3
Died: 2014
Died: January 27
Banjoist
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Mandolinist
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Peace Activist
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New York City
New York
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This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.
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