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Go at life with abandon give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
Author
Psychologist
Writer
Life
Abandon
Motivation
Give
Giving

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