I ask myself: Are Defeats necessary ?
Well, necessary or not, they happen.
When we first begin fighting for our dream, we've no experience and make many mistakes.
The Secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times !
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- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Poet
- Nationality: brazilian
- Born: August 24, 1947
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