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The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Broken
System
Fear
Two
Roughly
Soul
Elements
Human
Personality
Humans
Emotional
Love
Courage

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