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As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Faith
Good
Shouldn
Deeds
Lack
Sake
Stop
Religious

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