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To have a firm persuasion in our work - to feel that what we do is right for ourselves and good for the world at exactly the same time - is one of the great triumphs of human existence.
David Whyte
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David Whyte
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
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Poet
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Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
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