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Battle with unconditioned breath the unconditioned air. Shun electric wire. Communicate slowly. Live a three-dimensional life stay away from screens.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
Author
Farmer
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry
Away
Screens
Three
Slowly
Live
Breath
Life
Breaths
Unconditioned
Communicate
Shun
Air
Dimensional
Battle
Wire
Stay
Electric

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