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I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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I bought a blimp just so I could get a bunch of wankers excited over nothing, what did you do with your weekend?
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I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.
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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.
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If the media spotlight affects my work or represses what I want to say in the future, then it is bad.
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Women's underwear section it's like Narnia's wardrobe for my erotic delights.
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