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Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.
Robert Genn
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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
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Robert Douglas Genn
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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.
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