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INFALLIBLE? 276

 Looking for the three main qualities of a Stubborn man?

They are Intelligence, Integrity and Capacity to say your mind. Anybody who is going nowhere can go anywhere. In the same vane, anybody who stands for nothing, can fall for anything.

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