Broadcaster Press 09 June 12, 2012 www.broadcasteronline.com Daugaard urges Girls State delegates to ‘think big’ By Travis Gulbrandson Stay persistent and determined, get involved in public service and dream big. These are the three pieces of advice Gov. Dennis Daugaard offered the attendees of 2012 South Dakota Girls State, whom he addressed Friday morning in Aalfs Auditorium. Daugaard opened with a quote from Calvin Coolidge: “Nothing can take the place of persistence and determination. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” Daugaard said he was “not knocking” genius, talent or education in and of themselves. “All those things are very important … but they’re worth nothing if you don’t have persistence and determination to achieve your goals,” he said. 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