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We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

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Max De Pree
Age: 92 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 28
Died: 2017
Died: August 8
Business Executive
Writer
Listening
Grow
Answers
Grows
Knowing
Rather
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