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Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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
World
Begun
Libertarian
Thoughts
Left
Change
Anything
Work
Sadder
Never
Unfinished

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