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When I'm in the second attention, when I stop looking through eyes that have been formed for me by others, I see something else. I see power.

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
Power
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Something
Seeing
Eyes
Looking
Attention
Eye
Others
Formed
Else
Second

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