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Allow yourself emotion-backed demands only for physical necessities such as air to breathe, food if starving, and shelter if freezing.

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Ken Keyes Jr.
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 19
Died: 1995
Died: December 20
Author
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ken Keyes
Allow
Air
Backed
Physical
Freezing
Demand
Necessities
Emotion
Starving
Consciousness
Shelter
Food
Demands
Breathe

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