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We label things through value systems that we have developed. But nothing is or is not unless we feel it is that way. We give ground to reality by creating it.

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
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Nothingness
Things
Values
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Reality
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Nothing
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Ground
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