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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Maryville
Missouri
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Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
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Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.
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