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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
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Theologian
University Teacher
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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