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High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
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Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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