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After you turn on, don't spend the rest of your life contemplating the inner wonders. Begin immediately expressing your revelation in acts of beauty.

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
Begin
Wonders
Spend
Expressing
Rest
Contemplating
Turn
Revelation
Wonder
Revelations
Beauty
Immediately
Turns
Acts
Life
Inner

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