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Get into the habit of laughing too many of us have forgotten how to laugh. As people grow older, they sometimes forget that they ever laughed. It is a part of their childhood that they can no longer remember.

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
Forget
Older
Happiness
Laugh
Part
Childhood
Remember
Habit
Ever
Laughing
Many
Grow
Laughed
Sometimes
Longer
Laughter
People
Grows
Forgotten

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