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Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

Pete Rose

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Pete Rose
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 14
Baseball Player
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peter Edward Rose
Sr.
Charlie Hustle
Peter Edward Pete Rose Sr.
Pete Edward Rose
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Face
Faces
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Defeat
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