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Anything you do has a still point. When you are in that still point, you can perform maximally.
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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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Ethnologist
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Historian Of Religion
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White Plains
New York
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