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Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
Author
Physician
Playwright
Psychologist
Surgeon
Writer
New York City
New York
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Cybernetics
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Habits
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