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Since I was young my wish has been to die in perfect health - I mean to die with a body that is not destroyed by illness but a body that is consumed by its own long burning fire.

Laura Huxley

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Laura Huxley
Age: 96 †
Born: 1911
Born: November 2
Died: 2007
Died: December 13
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Laura Archera Huxley
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Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else.
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