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.:=†%&§### go.  with  training,  or  with  drugs... ###§&%†=:.
...:†%&&§# some  people  are  always   like   this. #§&&%†:...
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....:=†&§§ the  cave  is  built  in,  an  intrinsic §§&†=:....
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.::=†††&§# lives.  but as long as  youre an animal, #§&†††=::.
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.:=†%&§### frame   of  reference.  and  the  lizard ###§&%†=:.
.:=†%&§### brain is good at absolutes. in the  end, ###§&%†=:.
.:=†%&§### the  best  and  worst  things  are  both ###§&%†=:.
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.:=†%&§### need to act. every subsection of your    ###§&%†=:.
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