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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Everyone
Makes
Something
Fails
Mistakes
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