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Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.

Jay Samit

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Jay Samit
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 31
Businessperson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Odds
Defeat
Begin
Accepting

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