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I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love.

David Whyte

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David Whyte
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Poet
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
Consequence
Willing
Choices
Live
Love

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