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To give generously but appropriately and then, most difficult of all, and as the full apotheosis of the art, with feeling, in the moment and spontaneously, has always been recognized as one of the greatest of human qualities.
David Whyte
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David Whyte
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
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Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
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