To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle,…

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To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of any wise man: Get up! The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down. ✨ Joe Biden (2007). Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, p.22, Random House
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To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of any wise man: Get up! The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down. ✨ Joe Biden (2007). Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, p.22, Random House

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