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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. — Florence Nightingale

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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale
1861
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Buck stops hereSuccessExcusesPersonal responsibility
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Letter
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1861
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Florence Nightingale
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Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.

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