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An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.
Robert Foster Bennett
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Robert Foster Bennett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 18
Died: 2016
Died: May 4
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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