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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
Actor
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Film Actor
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Kingsland
Arkansas
The Man in Black
John R. Cash
J. R. Cash
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