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Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
Norman Cousins
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Norman Cousins
Age: 75 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 30
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Second only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth.
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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
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