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You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.
Ben Kingsley
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Ben Kingsley
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
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Snainton
North Yorkshire
Krishna Pandit Bhanji
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