"I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself."
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Non-fiction authors from the United StatesPsychologists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesPeople from WisconsinWomen born in the 1910s
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1986 meeting of 600 Los Angeles-area psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
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