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Most people's lives are nothing more than pointlessly frantic activity used as a psychological defense against their own impotence and fear.

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Tucker Max
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 27
Author
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Atlanta
Georgia
Psychological
Defense
Activity
Lives
Fear
Used
Pointlessly
Nothing
Frantic
People
Impotence

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