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I believe that - love is a choice. I believe that we love, that if I'm forced to love you then I don't know that I've really loved you.

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