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Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.

Peter McWilliams

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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
Author
Film Director
Poet
Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
Peter mcwilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams
People
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Acres
Afraid
Fear
Give
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Life

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