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It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert.

Nathaniel Branden

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
Academic
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Faces
Self
Never
Assert
Painful
Integrity
Honor
Face

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