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Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

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
Dwelling
Weed
Optimism
Negative
Thoughts
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Fertilizing
Weeds

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