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My audience is going to die before I do.

Sarah Vowell

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Sarah Vowell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 27
Actor
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Journalist
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Sarah Jane Vowell
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Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
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