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It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.

Daniel Kahneman

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Daniel Kahneman
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 5
Economist
Psychologist
University Teacher
Tel Aviv
Israel
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Spending
Happiness
Experience
Time
Love
People
Exaggeration
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