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Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

Cory Booker

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Cory Booker
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: April 27
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United States Senator
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Cory A. Booker
Cory Anthony Booker
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