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The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
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Vienna
Austria
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seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.
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What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.
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