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Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss.

David Whyte

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David Whyte
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Poet
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
Doorway
Doorways
Reached
Honesty
Grief
Loss

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