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My colleagues thought I was an embarrassment because I was talking about mind, body, spirit. So I was called a quack. I was called a fraud, which I initially resented, but then I got used to it.

Deepak Chopra

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Deepak Chopra
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 22
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Motivational Speaker
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New Delhi district
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