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'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

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Walton Goggins
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Actor
Explorer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Photographer
Television Actor
Birmingham
Alabama
Walton Sanders Goggins
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Portrait
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Grey
Dorian
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Altruistic
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Narcissistic

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