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You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.
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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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You know what they're writing about Baby you know what they're writing about It's a thing called love down through the ages Makes you wanna cry sometimes Makes you feel like you wanna lay down and die sometimes Makes you high sometimes But when you really get in it lifts you right up.
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