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Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Giving
Sitting
Going
Heard
Something
Anyone
Stumble
Always
Chance
Stumbling
Never
Inspirational
Persevere
Keep
Terrific
Give
Onto
Anything
Perseverance

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