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For thousands of years, much of humankind has believed that only special places are infused with the sacred and that you must get away from the everyday in order to find it. Not so, everything is infused with the holy--from chairs to clothing to kitchen stoves.

Anthony Lawlor

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Anthony Lawlor
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: June 13
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