"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.“


-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

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