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Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Pushing
Extremes
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Blow
Cobwebs
Miracle
Blows
Habit
Substitutes
Safe
Insecurity
Shakes
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