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I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.

Norman Cousins

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Norman Cousins
Age: 75 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Peace Activist
Professor
Writer
Union City
New Jersey
Mind
Force
Wretched
Never
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Underestimate
Life
Earth
Illness
Body
Capacity
May
Understood
Human
Seem
Humans
Learned
Regenerate
Even
Least
Prospects

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