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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Reality
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Transform
Marvelous
According
Imagination
Experience

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