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People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.

Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: March 7
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Journalist
Psychologist
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Forgotten
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