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Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
Desire
Steam
Business
Outstanding
Mediocrity
Hot
Takes
Turns
Water
Success

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