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— Joko Beck"Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television."
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We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die.
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