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The things you absorb you will ultimately secrete. It's all out there and available for you to enjoy...and be nourished by.

Tom Waits

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Tom Waits
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 7
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Pomona
California
Thomas Alan Waits
Ultimately
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Enjoy
Things
Secrete
Nourished
Absorb

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