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A pretentious, showy life is an empty life a plain and simple life is a full life.

Rick Warren

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
Theologian
Writer
San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
Plain
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