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We were never there to begin with. What we are, or conceive of ourselves as, is a perception.

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
Nothingness
Perception
Begin
Never
Conceive

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