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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.

Bernie Siegel

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Bernie Siegel
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 14
Motivational Speaker
Physician
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Bernie Siegel
Bernard Siegel
Stop
Feeling
Within
Feelings
Become
Graveyard
Bury
Destroy

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