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We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing to consummation the primary impulse of our heart.

David Deida

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David Deida
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 18
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Non-Fiction Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
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