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Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.

Debbi Fields

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

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