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Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
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Coffee County
Alabama
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