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If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

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
Manipulative
Positivity
Accomplishment
Sincere
Effective
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Inspirational
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