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Freedom does not come automatically it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound it must be achieved each day.

Rollo May

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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
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