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They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

Ken Kesey

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Ken Kesey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 17
Died: 2001
Died: November 10
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La Junta
Colorado
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Kenneth Elton Kesey
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O. U. Levon
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A sound of cornered-animal fear and hate and surrender and defiance . . . like the last sound the treed and shot and falling animal makes as the dogs get him, when he finally doesn't care about anything but himself and his dying.
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The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?
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