Understandably by Bill Murphy Jr.

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Lost it all, came back stronger

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Lost it all, came back stronger

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Bill Murphy Jr.
Aug 19, 2021
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In 1982, political consultant James Carville was flat broke with no prospects: $47 to his name, of which $41 was going to a hotel for the night outside DC. At 38, he thought his career was over.

Then, his suitcase broke in the middle of a downpour, sending “all of my possessions … straight into the mud.” Here’s what he said happened, in the 1995 book he …

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