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A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark.

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