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Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Soul
Walk
Offstage
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Please
Popcorn
Different
Roles
Stages
Life
Walks
Onstage
Stage
Theatre
Inspirational
Buddhism
Death
Pass
Film
Birth

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