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https://i0.wp.com/thereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2015.11.24_humor.jpg?fit=430%2C434&ssl=1430434"Laugh, laugh I thought I'd die…" In 1964, Norman Cousins lay dying at UCLA Medical Center. Doctors told him his disease was terminal and there was nothing they could do. They were half right. There was nothing they could do. Cousins didn'...