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The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.

Robert Adams

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Robert Adams
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 8
Photographer
Orange
New Jersey
Robert Hickman Adams
Robert ii Adams
Mind
Identify
Spirituality
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