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When a fire starts in one it just races through. And that is in a way unconscionable.

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
Races
Starts
Fire
Race
Way
Unconscionable

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