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All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.
Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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