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The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.

William C. Menninger

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William C. Menninger
Age: 66 †
Born: 1899
Born: October 15
Died: 1966
Died: September 6
Psychiatrist
Topeka
Kansas
William Claire Menninger
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Resourcefulness
Life
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