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In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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