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The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
Actor
Author
Physicist
Professor
Theoretical Physicist
Writer
New York City
New York
Brian Randolph Greene
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