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The value of friendship and just deep human contact grows out of giving.

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Patch Adams
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 28
Diplomat
Physician
Washington
District of Columbia
Giving
Contact
Friendship
Value
Deep
Grows
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Human
Humans

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