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I was a slave to something he believed to be silly and superstitious: the idea that all life was worth defending and that nothing justified surrender to the forces of destruction.
Rick Yancey
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Rick Yancey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
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Miami
Florida
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