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For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
Maxwell Maltz
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For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination. — Maxwell Maltz

About Maxwell Maltz

Maxwell Maltz was a Scientist from United States (1889–1975).

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