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Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else s list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
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