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There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.
Van Morrison
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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am.
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Won't You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way... Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds That I may be a vehicle for Thee... Give me my rapture today.
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Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.
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