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I used to get really pissed off that my life was so dictated by when this Jesus guy was born and when he was dying every year. I felt really resentful that I couldn't get on with my own life because I was so busy with his.

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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
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Myra Ellen Amos
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