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"If you're sad today, just remember the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie."
- Simon Pegg
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I got up at 8, turned on MSNBC, heard the news, and started crying.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jan 2016
#19
Him dying shortly after his birthday has me that much more sad and reminded of my mom...
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#71
I was thinking the same thing about the universality of the respect for his work.
gvstn
Jan 2016
#41
One of my favorites. This came out when I first went into 5th grade (in the fall of '84)
Ned_Devine
Jan 2016
#40
Happy birthday! Now if we can only petition to get Kim Jong-Un's birthday moved...
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#80
I had posted something else before, but that was before I found out Bowie died.
valerief
Jan 2016
#72