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The Statue Within: An Autobiography (1988)
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What Man seeks, to the point of anguish, in his gods, in his art, in his science, is meaning. He cannot bear the void. He pours meaning on events like salt on his food.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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June 17, 1920
Died:
April 19, 2013
(aged 92)
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