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" Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do - unless we want to get more decrepit. I don't think we have to destroy the place totally. "

Rufus Wainwright

Think

America

Experience

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Good

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I Am

Ridiculously

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Take

Care

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Rufus Wainwright

People

Some People

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Curious

Always

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My Life

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Famous

Friends

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