In the real world all rests on perseverance.

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In June 2011, Novatek, Russia's biggest non-state gas company, sent 60, 000 tons of gas condensate from Murmansk to the Chinese port of Ningbo aboard the MV Perseverance on a three-week voyage.

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His energetic meticulousness (passed on from our mother) and his breathtaking perseverance (passed on from our father) served only to magnify my awe of an older brother who everyone agreed was intended for great things, while most boys his age didn't look as though they were intended even to eat at a table with another human being.

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Instead I have focused on humility, trust, perseverance, creativity and the simple desire to step up and take on a challenge and make the world a better place.

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The family won the admiration of the fashion community for their perseverance when they went on with their January menswear show just days after Vittorio went missing.

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Chertoff says such perseverance is seldom shown on 24.

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It is buttressed by resilience because it is from resilience we learn the value of perseverance, that is, focusing on a goal and sticking to it.

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On almost any serious subject, what seems like principled perseverance to one person will seem like obstinacy to those who disagree, and vice versa.

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Dr Philip Giddings, speaking on behalf of the laity, said Dr Williams had worked with "passion and perseverance" for unity within the Church.

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Hospitals do not have a dietician on every ward all the time, so getting the message through can take a bit of perseverance.

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