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Nothing can stand in the way of the man who focuses his entire self on a problem.

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
Way
Men
Focuses
Entire
Stand
Problem
Nothing
Self

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