Melissa Auf der Maur Quotes

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces.

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• I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces.

  

  Melissa Auf der Maur
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