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Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Entrepreneur
San Diego
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