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Perseverance

No great achievement comes without obstacles: physical limitations, the vagaries of nature, or resistance from the outside world. Although our achievers sometimes met with failure, they never abandoned their dreams, but doggedly persevered until they succeeded against the odds.

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Charles H. Townes, Ph.D. on March 18, 1991 View with transcript

Thomas Keller on September 13, 2015 View with transcript

Sir Tim Berners-Lee on June 22, 2007 View with transcript

Ehud Barak on May 4, 2001 View with transcript

James Rosenquist on March 18, 1991 View with transcript

Frank M. Johnson, Jr. on March 16, 1991 View with transcript

Paul B. MacCready, Ph.D. on January 12, 1991 View with transcript

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on July 4, 2008 View with transcript

Sidney Poitier on February 17, 2009 View with transcript

Sir Peter Jackson on June 3, 2006 View with transcript

Robert Edward (Ted) Turner on October 20, 2007 View with transcript

Johnny Mathis on December 10, 2011 View with transcript