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Impatience can be very good by helping us not put up with tyranny, but it can distort our view of what is possible and how to bring about change. We have to cultivate patience so that our perception isn't distorted.

Paul Ekman

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Paul Ekman
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 15
Anthropologist
Non-Fiction Writer
Opinion Journalist
Psychologist
Sociologist
Teacher
University Teacher
Washington
District of Columbia
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