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When you look at a couch you don't really see the couch. You see the couch as perceived by a state of mind.

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
Mysticism
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States
Look
Looks
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Couches

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