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A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
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