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Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

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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Believe
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