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We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.

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Nationality: American

Born: March 27th, 1917

Died: June 15th, 2011

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