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The Road to Success is Paved with Failure : How Hundreds of Famous People Triumphed Over Inauspicious Beginnings, Crushing Rejection, Humiliating Defeats and Other Speed Bumps Along Life's Highway
Down on your luck? Don't despair You might still be headed for a life of riches and renown. After all, consider the experiences of: * Marilyn Monroe, who in 1947, after one year under contract, was dropped by 20th Century-Fox because Darryl Zanuck thought she was unattractive
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Subaru a survivor; Carmaker overcame inauspicious beginning.(Autos - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
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Kaplansky's CD survives its inauspicious beginning.(Entertainment): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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Labastida: recorridos desangelados, propuestas que no calan.(Francisco Labastida, candidato presidencial; México)(TT: Labastida: inauspicious history and ... candidate; Mexico): An article from: Proceso
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