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If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable.

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Dan Miller
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 24
Politician
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Arthur Daniel Miller
Apart
Identity
Truly
Jobs
Vulnerable

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