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Dying is something you have no control over. Why waste your life being afraid of it?

Saul Williams

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Saul Williams
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 29
Actor
Composer
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Musician
Poet
Rapper
Screenwriter
Singer
Television Actor
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Newburgh
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Saul Stacey Williams
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