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Self importance is man's greatest enemy.

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
Juan
Importance
Greatest
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Self
Men

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