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Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.
Gordon W. Allport
Gordon W. Allport
Born: Nov 11, 1897
Died: Oct 9, 1967

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