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This is about persistence, but also about refusing to let one setback define the whole story. The line draws a hard boundary between defeat and surrender, suggesting that failure can be temporary if one keeps moving, while quitting makes the loss final. It lands for an entrepreneur, athlete, or student facing repeated rejection and needing a steadier frame for the next attempt.
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Originally said in English.
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About Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
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