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Alice Foote MacDougall Quotes

Alice Foote MacDougall quote: "Much of the success of life depends upon keeping one's mind..."

Much of the success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.

Alice Foote MacDougall

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