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Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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Brooklyn
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Robert James Smith
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I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.
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I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
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B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two Once prized for the function, Now for the view.
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I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.
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