“I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.”

—  Jackie Speier

San Francisco Examiner, April 5, 2008 http://www.examiner.com/a-1322202~After_years_in_public_service__Speier_ready_for_seat_in_D_C_.html

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