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The call to adventure is the point in a person’s life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not.

Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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White Plains
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