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It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.\
Gregory David Roberts
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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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