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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
Author
Psychologist
Writer
Trouble
Create
Doesn
Persons
Sufficiently
Ideas
Deliver
Person
Average
Confidence
Trust

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