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We are not the personalities that our egos are so valiantly defending. Our personalities are simply the result of our current programming.

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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