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If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.

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Napoleon Hill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1883
Born: October 26
Died: 1970
Died: November 8
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Wise County
Virginia
Oliver Napoleon Hill
Fortune
Toward
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Temporarily
Imagination
Harness
Purpose
Blowing
Use
Winds
Remember
Definite
Make
Carry

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