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We tend to feel most comfortable, most at home, with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.

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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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Home
Self
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Esteem
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People
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