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When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen

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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