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It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.

Carl Rogers

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Carl Rogers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 8
Died: 1987
Died: February 4
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Oak Park
Illinois
Carl Ransom Rogers
Insoluble
Listens
Astonishing
Elements
Seem
Someone
Become
Seems
Soluble

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