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Life is a competition not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives each day to master some weakness of yesterday each day to repair a mistake each day to surpass ourselves.

David B. Haight

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David B. Haight
Age: 97 †
Born: 1906
Born: September 2
Died: 2004
Died: July 31
Politician
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Yesterday
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Weakness
Life
Seek
Stronger
Surpass
Masters
Truer
Mistake
Repair

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