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Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away.

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
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Novelist
Teacher
University Teacher
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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Happiness

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