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Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.
Daniel Gilbert
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Daniel Gilbert
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 5
Psychologist
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the United States of America
Dan Gilbert
Daniel Todd Gilbert
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