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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.
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