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The frail, vulnerable sounds of which we are capable seem to be essential to a later ability to roar like a lion without scaring everyone to death.
David Whyte
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David Whyte
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 21
Film Actor
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Television Actor
Marrickville
New South Wales
Australia
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