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Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Motivational Speaker
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Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
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