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There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.

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
Success
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Others
Things
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Fire

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