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Happiness isn't something that happens to you. It is what you yourself do and determine upon.

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
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New York City
New York
Upon
Happens
Something
Cybernetics
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Happiness

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