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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

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