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Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
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Psychologist
Writer
Magic
Wise
Imagination
Art
True
Insightful
Carpet

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