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Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be.

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Stephen Levine
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 17
Died: 2016
Died: January 17
Poet
Screenwriter
the United States of America
Stephan Levine
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Peace
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