I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing, and put it into a story. ~Scott Rudin
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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