"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.“
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Failure is not fatal victory is not success."
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"It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure."
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