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I just don't like the word 'fun'--it's like Volkswagen, or bell-bottoms, or patchouli-oil or bean-sprouts...it rubs me up the wrong way.
Tom Waits
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Tom Waits
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 7
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