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The trouble with most of us is that we keep our eyes closed to opportunities that thrust themselves at us and rare is the man who searches for his opportunity or sees one even when he stumbles over it.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
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