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There's the idea that you have to know how to solve the world's problems in order to feel that something is morally wrong. I'm always back and forth between optimism and depression about the situation.

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Win Butler
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 14
Banjoist
Composer
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Houston
Texas
Edwin Farnham Butler III
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Always
Situation
World
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