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The ideas that we have about self are an aggregate within a state of mind, and they chain us to a state of mind.

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
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Chains
Within
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States
Ideas
Self
Aggregate
Mind

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