Sago palm, pruning? I have a healthy sago palm specifically crowding my walkway, can I...

I have a healthy sago palm specifically crowding my walkway, can I trim back the leaves so that it is not as yawning as it is now without hurting it?
Can anyone identify this tree?
Answers:    Mikey's rule of thumb on adjectives plants - never remove more than a third and your fine.
Cut the entire fron stalk where it emerges from the trunk.
Tough plant ,no worries...
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Yeah! It will be fine. I hack the hell out of mine every year and it only seams to grow even more!