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A soul-based workplace asks things of me that I didn't even know I had. It's constantly telling me that I belong to something large in the world.
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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Television Actor
Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
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The tragedy with velocity as the answer to complexity is that, after awhile, you cannot see or comprehend anything that is not traveling at the same speed you are. And you actually start to feel disturbed by people who have a sense of restfulness to their existence.
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