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We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop' I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.
Frances Moore Lappé
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Frances Moore Lappé
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 10
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