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We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

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
Motivational
Struggle
Simplicities
Complexities
Complexity
Simplicity
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