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I'm a student of history and know that civilizations get lost - they are born and die - and so I recognize the tender mortality of our civilization. I'm not saying I'm separate from the despair of that, but I'm not controlled by the despair of that.

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Gangaji
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Toni Roberson
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