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Personally I think people's labels are terribly unhelpful because they enable you to dismiss things.

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
Anglican Priest
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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