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I think it's so important to have a practice, because the consciousness isn't perfection or enlightenment or any of that bullshit. The consciousness is, Oh, I'm walking down the street and I'm doing nothing.

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Amanda Palmer
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: April 30
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