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Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
American Football Player
Football Player
Brooklyn
New York
Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Necessary
Steps
Learning
Mistake
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Repeated
Process
Served
Mistakes
Forgotten

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