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success and failure

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Henry Ford his early businesses failed and left him broke five times
Henry Ford he founded the successful Ford Motor Company
Bill Gates he gave up his studies in Harvard and started a failed first business
Bill Gates he created the global empire Microsoft
Walt Disney he started a number of businesses that didn’t last too long and ended with loss of money and failure
Walt Disney his business rakes in billions from products, movies and theme parks around the world
Albert Einstein he did not speak until he was four and he did not read until he was seven
Albert Einstein he was expelled from school and couldn’t enter the Zurich Polytechnic School
Albert Einstein he won the Nobel Prize and changed the face of modern physics
Thomas Edison he made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at his invention
Thomas Edison he invented the light bulb
Orville and Wilbur Wright created a plane that could get up in the air and stay there
Orville and Wilbur Wright made numerous attempts at creating flying machines
Abraham Lincoln he went to war a captain and returned a private
Abraham Lincoln he is one of the greatest leaders of the USA, the 16th USA president
Oprah Winfrey she is one of the most iconic faces on TV as well as one of the richest and most influential women in the world
Oprah Winfrey her family was so poor that children wore dresses made of potato sacks
Stephen King his first book was turned down 30 times
Stephen King he had hundreds of books published and he is one of the best-selling authors of all time
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