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One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to anything the other person has to say.

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Alice Miller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1923
Born: January 12
Died: 2010
Died: April 14
Painter
Psychologist
Sociologist
Writer
Piotrkow Trybunalski
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