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I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Robert Anton Wilson
Age: 74 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 18
Died: 2007
Died: January 11
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I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.
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