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Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world-and if each of us is freed up to give our unique gift, the world will be in total harmony.

R. Buckminster Fuller

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R. Buckminster Fuller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 12
Died: 1983
Died: July 1
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