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You don't want to see things as they are because your ego would have to admit that things outside yourself are necessary for the self to be. You still have fun, as most people do, from manipulating things.

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Eli Siegel
Age: 76 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 8
Poet
New York City
New York
Would
Ego
People
Necessary
Outside
Fun
Stills
Still
Self
Manipulating
Things
Admit

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