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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Hungry
God
Food
Cornflakes
Morning
Toast
People
Toasts
Eggs
Arise

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