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It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life it is how you handle what happens to you.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
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Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
Happens
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Life
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Healthy
Motivational
Attitude
Happiness
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Suicide

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