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Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
Electrical Engineer
Inventor
Mechanical Engineer
Physicist
Szmilján
Nicola Tesla
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