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Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing.
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