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Every action we take everything we do is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

Every action we take everything we do is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.
Anne Bronte

Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial

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Anne Bronte
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Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Anne Bronte: recorded author lifetime 1820–1849. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/anne-bronte (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is anne-bronte; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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