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title: "3 Discouraged Man Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The strong man, the positive, decisive man who has a program and is determined to carry it out, cuts his way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orison-s-marden/the-strong-man-the-positive-decisive-man-who-has-a-program-and-is/)

[Orison S. Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orison-s-marden/)

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> [That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/that-was-all-a-man-needed-hope-it-was-lack-of-hope-that-discouraged-a/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [Of course people couldn't help but think I must be a bit of a dyke myself. And of course I am. Everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/of-course-people-couldn-t-help-but-think-i-must-be-a-bit-of-a-dyke/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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