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Quote by Malcolm Turnbull
The determination, the enterprise to have a go and then if it doesn't work out, dust yourself off and have another go.
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This sentence praises determination as the willingness to try something, accept that it may fail, and try again. “Dust yourself off” is a figurative way to describe recovering from disappointment or a setback. The message is that not succeeding on the first attempt should not end the effort.
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