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I think of love as an action. Finding something that's outside of yourself, to serve someone else's soul, helping to ignite someone else's spirit, to bring about ease of heart and joy, serenity in somebody else.

Michael Franti

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Michael Franti
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 21
Composer
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