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If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
Biographer
Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
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Emphatically
Admit
Quickly
Wrong

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