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Americans are so tense and keyed up that it is impossible even to put them to sleep with a sermon.

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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Americans
Impossible
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Keyed
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