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who live past 100 tend to have forgiveness as a common character trait. They tend to focus on something positive when something bad happens. Whenever a misfortune befell her, Van Andel-Schipper's response was to say that "There's no point in moaning.". Another study has connected longer life spans, as exemplified by Van Andel-Schipper, to positive attitudes towards the aging process itself.
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and a delegation from the Ajax football club. The last time the Ajax team visited her she complained that the other residents of her nursing home were "hicks who don't understand football". She had been a fan of the football club
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every day and drinking orange juice. She later jokingly added "breathing." On another occasion, she gave the following advice: "Don't smoke and don't drink too much alcohol. Just a small
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