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Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.

Rosanne Cash

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Rosanne Cash
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 24
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Memphis
Tennessee
Life
Documenting
Autobiography
Midst
Pursuit
Strange
Living

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