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Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.

Carlos Castaneda

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Carlos Castaneda
Age: 72 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 25
Died: 1998
Died: April 27
Anthropologist
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Carlos Castaneda
Light
Warrior
Important
Vain
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Feelings
Juan
Makes
Clumsy
Reality
Fluid

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