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Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.

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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
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Theologian
Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
Sometimes
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Anvil
Really
Anvils
Shaping
Hammer
Hammers
Busy
Forget

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