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You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the consequences of your choices.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 6
Aircraft Pilot
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Statutární město Ostrava
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf
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