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I believe that you should praise people whenever you can it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

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
Plant
Praise
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Thirsty
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Whenever

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