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The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born.
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 regard belief as a form of brain damage.
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Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse.
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