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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.
Ken Keyes Jr.
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Ken Keyes Jr.
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 19
Died: 1995
Died: December 20
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Atlanta
Georgia
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