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Projects of personal transformation rarely succeed by accident, drift, or imposition.

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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
Personal
Imposition
Drift
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Rarely
Transformation
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Projects
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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