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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

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
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Defeat

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