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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.

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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
Break
Power
Wells
Busyness
Well
Practiced
Haste
Isolation
Loneliness
Solitude

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