I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line tow… — Sam Donaldson

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

Sam DonaldsonJournalist · American · b. 1934

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