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Laughter is the loaded latency given us by nature as part of our native equipment to break up the stalemates of our lives and urge us on to deeper and more complex forms of knowing.

Jean Houston

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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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New York City
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