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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 10
Actor
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Abbott
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Red Headed Stranger
Shotgun Willie
Willie Hugh Nelson
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