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So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.

Marilyn Ferguson

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Marilyn Ferguson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 5
Died: 2008
Died: October 19
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Grand Junction
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