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No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people it is your reaction.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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