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My favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new.

Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
Writer
Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
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Three
Every
Something
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English

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