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The right kind of fear will keep us from doing wrong. The rough is only mental - it is rough only because your think it is.

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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