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The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.

Albert Ellis

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Albert Ellis
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 27
Died: 2007
Died: July 24
Behaviour Therapist
Cognitive Scientist
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Sex Educator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.
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Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.
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And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them.
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