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A lot of professionals are crackpots.

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Crackpots
Professionals

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Ensure that your life stays in flux.
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