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You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

Alan Watts

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Alan Watts
Age: 58 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 6
Died: 1973
Died: November 16
Anglican Priest
Author
Dramaturge
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Theologian
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Kent
England
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