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At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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New York City
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If you're looking ecologically, then we are in very big trouble, yes. But if you're talking about people sinking, I'm not so sure that's true. There are cycles of rise and fall, as there have been since time immemorial.
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Time has driven out sex and money as the central issues. Now if it could only drive out the issue of power we would be somewhere!
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We all get betrayed or we all betray. Life is so complex that it's almost impossible to avoid that. Betrayal is also a critical theme in all the world's great stories. If Christ had not been betrayed, would you have had the resurrection?
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