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One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live-with the rough and the smooth, the good and the bad-but yours, shaped by your own choices, and not someone else's.
Michael Ignatieff
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Michael Ignatieff
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 1
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Member Of The Canadian House Of Commons
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City of Toronto
M.G. Ignatieff
Michael Grant Ignatieff
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