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There's the God within and the God without, and you have to attend to the alignment of the two of them.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
Environmentalist
Human Rights Activist
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Motivational Speaker
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Anthony Kapel Jones
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