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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Calvin Coolidge
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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. — Calvin Coolidge

About Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge was a President from United States (1872–1933).

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This quote is attributed to Calvin Coolidge, a President from United States.
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Calvin Coolidge lived from 1872 – 1933.
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