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To me some of the greatest writing is when somebody puts something in words that you felt and experienced and you go, that's it.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
Experienced
Somebody
Greatest
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Felt
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