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If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.

Debbi Fields

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Debbi Fields
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 18
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Businessperson
Businesswoman
Oakland
California
Mrs. Fields
Debra J. Fields
Debra Jane Sivyer
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Defeated

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No is an unacceptable answer. I'm allergic to no.
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All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.
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What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.
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