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Heartbreak is how we mature... There is almost no path a human being can follow that does not lead to heartbreak.

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
Mature
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Follow
Path
Almost
Doe
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Humans
Heartbreak

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The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have.
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