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The sexual drive is nothing but the motor memory of previously remembered pleasure.

Wilhelm Reich

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
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Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Sex Educator
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