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Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

Rick Warren

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