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Desire is the mother of motivation because that is where your motivation is born.

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
Motivation
Desire
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Mother

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