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Love always requires courage and involves risk.
M. Scott Peck
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M. Scott Peck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 22
Died: 2005
Died: September 25
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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New York City
New York
Morgan Scott Peck
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