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But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met.

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Kay Redfield Jamison
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 22
Essayist
Psychologist
Many
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Time
Terrified
Monsters
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