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Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

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Questlove
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
Actor
Composer
Disc Jockey
Drummer
Film Director
Musician
Record Producer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
?uestlove
Ahmir Thompson
Quality
Human
Humans
Switched
Switching
Perfection

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