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Don't let our outside labels or how fervent we look or zealous we are or how righteous we seem that's not how you measure yourself against other people. Everyone is a child of God if we really believed that, we'd treat each other better.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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