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“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction”
Charles Kendall Adams
“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
Wallace Stegner
“A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere”
Charles F. Kettering
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
Carlos Castaneda
“The Democrats and Republicans are equally corrupt -- it's only in the amount where the Republicans excel.”
Will Rogers
“Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment.”
“Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat”
Winston Churchill
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
Carlos Casteneda
“February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer.”
Shirley Jackson
“If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.”
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