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How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that.

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
California
Buddhism
Crazy
Happiness
Happy
Even
Something
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