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No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.
Ry Cooder
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Ry Cooder
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 15
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You have to be around people you trust otherwise you can't do anything - you're afraid, you're paranoid, and you can't do any work.
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I have to think that somewhere on some little island in the Pacific, there's someone's who's great, but I'm probably never going to hear him.
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