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Forgive yourself your failures, but resume. Fall down, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start over again. One teacher liked to say, \u201cFall down nine times, get up ten.\u201d Start over.<\/p>\n

If You\u2019re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break<\/a><\/p>\n

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