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Two thousand years ago, five thousand, they didn't have a word for imagination, and faith was the best they could come up with for a pretty solemn bunch of followers.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
Military Officer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Prosaist
Writer
Oak Park
Illinois
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