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I Never Was A Hippie! I Went To India Because So Many Friends Like Mia Farrow And The Beatles Were Going There To Discover Truth. And So I Went And Trekked Through India By Myself, But Instead Of Discovering Truth, I Wanted To Join The Peace Corps.

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I Never Was A Hippie! I Went To India Because So Many Friends Like Mia Farrow And The Beatles Were Going There To Discover Truth. And So I Went And Trekked Through India By Myself, But Instead Of Discovering Truth, I Wanted To Join The Peace Corps.

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