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There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Thing
Pressure
Talent

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Every neurotic is partly in the right.
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