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... not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. ... of being creative individuals.

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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