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Our Lord wanted us to be Christ-like. Christ-like doesn't mean not having faults. It means that you do actually have a capacity to draw out the good that is in others.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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