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The journey itself is going to change you, so you don’t have to worry about memorizing the route we took to accomplish that change.

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Daniel Quinn
Age: 82 †
Born: 1935
Born: October 11
Died: 2018
Died: February 17
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Omaha
Nebraska
Daniel Clarence Quinn
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