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Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest.

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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Dwarfs
Men
Everest
Conquest
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