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If you can keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs—and
blaming it on you. —Rudyard Kipling, “If–,” Reward and Fairies,1910
blaming it on you. —Rudyard Kipling, “If–,” Reward and Fairies,1910
Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne’er succeed. —Emily
Dickinson, No. 67, Poems, Johnson
Dickinson, No. 67, Poems, Johnson
When your opponent is drowning, throw the
son of a bitch an anvil.
—James Carville, motto
son of a bitch an anvil.
—James Carville, motto
… people seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most
insignificant success is achieved. —Annie Sullivan, letter (1887), quoted
by Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1903
insignificant success is achieved. —Annie Sullivan, letter (1887), quoted
by Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1903
My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained
obscure; I have done worse—I have touched success, and allowed it to
escape me. —George Sand, The Marquise, 1869
obscure; I have done worse—I have touched success, and allowed it to
escape me. —George Sand, The Marquise, 1869
You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles
are the biggest bastards on earth. —John Lennon,Lennon Remembers,
Jann Wenner, ed., 1970
are the biggest bastards on earth. —John Lennon,Lennon Remembers,
Jann Wenner, ed., 1970
The great thing about attaining some level of success in your life is
being spiritually in a place where you accept it and feel good about it …
and not be afraid that tomorrow it’s going to end. —Oprah Winfrey,
quoted by Robert Waldron, Oprah!, 1987
being spiritually in a place where you accept it and feel good about it …
and not be afraid that tomorrow it’s going to end. —Oprah Winfrey,
quoted by Robert Waldron, Oprah!, 1987
We are such stuff / As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is
rounded with a sleep. —William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610
rounded with a sleep. —William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610
Burdens shared are easier to bear.
—Jesse Jackson, address, Democratic National Convention
(Chicago), 26 August 1996
—Jesse Jackson, address, Democratic National Convention
(Chicago), 26 August 1996
the sun? —Langston Hughes, “Harlem,” A Dream Deferred, 1951
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