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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

— Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela on determination, From a letter to Makhaya Ntini on his 100th Cricket Test (17 December 2009). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation

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