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She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas I just sit on my can and let it happen to me.
Philip K. Dick
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Philip K. Dick
Age: 53 †
Born: 1928
Born: December 16
Died: 1982
Died: March 2
Essayist
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Philip Kindred Dick
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Richard Phillips
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