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Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.

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
Laurels
Inaction
Faster
Upon
Nothing
Laurel
Rested

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