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lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.
Paul Farmer
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Paul Farmer
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 26
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Human Rights Activist
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North Adams
Massachusetts
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