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Love is not just tolerance. It's not just distant appreciation. It's a warm sense of, 'I am enjoying the fact that you are you.'

N. T. Wright

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N. T. Wright
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 1
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Durham
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Morpeth
Northumberland
Nicholas Thomas Wright
Tom Wright
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