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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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Separate
Realize
Realizing
Differences
Another
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Alienate
Need
Intended
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