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I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I'm being left behind.'

Robert Smith

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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