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A. M. Pfeffer grew up in Westchester County, New York, and Denver, Colorado. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and has lived in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years. He is at once a devoted husband and father and a ruthless recreational tennis player. In Los Angeles, he worked in the entertainment industry before starting his own real estate related businesses.

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OF, BY, AND FOR THE HANGED MAN

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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“There is truth, and then there is everything else. There is taking care of people, and then there is everything else. There is seeking attention, and then there is everything else.”
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“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
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