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Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths.

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Josephine Hart
Age: 69 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 1
Died: 2011
Died: June 2
Film Writer
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Television Presenter
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Vision
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Sanity
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Vital
Essentially
Truths
Survival
Elements
Narrowness

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