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I'm not going to recommend recklessness but somewhere just short of it - testing yourself and proactively pursuing a rite of passage has become necessary because in western developed countries we've become very comfort-addicted.

Sean Penn

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Sean Penn
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 17
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