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" Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present. "

Rufus Wainwright

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" My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'. "

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