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The only way to learn compassion is through your heart you have to back up and pass through your own pain.
Matthew Fox
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Matthew Fox
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 14
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Abington Township
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Matthew Chandler Fox
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