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I don't believe in anything, yet I believe emphatically in almost everything. It all depends on what seems appropriate at the time.

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
Everything
Believe
Emphatically
Time
Rama
Appropriate
Depends
Almost
Seems
Anything

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