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Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
Self
Accomplished
Impossible
Belief
Without
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