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Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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