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Everything that you are or conceive of yourself as being is just an idea. It's an illusion. It's a hallucination.

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
Ideas
Everything
Hallucination
Hallucinations
Conceive
Nothingness
Illusion
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