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Your worst enemies are made when you ignore people. Those boys in America who shot dead classmates recently, didn't do that because they woke up with a positive self image that morning and then felt like slaughtering their friends.

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