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When you teach someone how to perform creatively (ie, associate dead symbols in new combinations), you expand his potential for experiencing more widely and richly.

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
Teach
Associates
Someone
Experiencing
Expand
Perform
Richly
Symbols
Combinations
Combination
Creatively
Potential
Associate
Dead
Widely

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