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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Mary Kay Ash

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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
Rested
Exhausted
Entrepreneur
Failure
Success
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