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"I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail."

Alice Foote MacDougall, American Restaurateur

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"I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail."

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