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Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
Essayist
Literary Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
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Essentially
Pursuit
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Happiness
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