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Let's refuse to have a defeated mentality of “permanent failure” because we didn’t achieve the award-winning results we were after in the first round. Technical knockouts (TKOs) still require determination and grit.


Mary Perara

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MARY KARR It's a marathon, not a sprint. I actually feel like I come to work stronger when I've had a ...
MARY BARRA I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.
MARY BERRY Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share ...
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilder...
MARY OLIVER Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least ...
MARY OLIVER Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-wor...
MARY LAMBERT It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other...
MARY PICKFORD Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
MARY PICKFORD I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I inte...
MARY PICKFORD