My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many tim…

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My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be. ✨ Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. Book by Joe Biden, 2007.
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