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How soon will you realize that the only thing you don't have is the direct experience that there's nothing you need that you don't have?
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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