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The trouble with the average person is that he doesn't trust himself sufficiently to create and deliver ideas.

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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Confidence
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Trouble
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Persons
Sufficiently
Ideas
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Person
Average

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