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If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.
Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn't see a train u {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother e {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him: “Why not try to be better in other things i{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of just dress and good looks?”
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But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech c {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and became widely known.
The young man made his own words come true: “B {#blank#}8{#/blank#} that you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s {#blank#}9{#/blank#} his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) i {#blank#}10{#/blank#} How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 l{#blank#}11{#/blank#} (83). They are still helping people on the road to success.
