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Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
Outcomes
Perceive
Failure
Trying
Way
Answering
Liberating
Attached
Outcome

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