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First, say to yourself what you would be then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what YOU are made of.

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
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