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The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition.
Norman Cousins
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Norman Cousins
Age: 75 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 30
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Cynicism is intellectual treason.
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Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
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To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species.
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