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The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.

Gerald Seymour

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Gerald Seymour
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: November 25
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Guildford
Surrey
UK
Fear
Compulsion
Succeed
Failure
Less
Desire

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