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"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."
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"Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck."
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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
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"Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous."
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"Some donkeys have amazing luck."
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"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."
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"Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her."
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"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
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"Fortune befriends the bold."
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"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
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"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun."
Black
"I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle."
Beauty
"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."
Life
"My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest."
Ability
"It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree."
Man
"As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat."
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"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."
Fortune
"Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend."
Money
"Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville."
Music
"As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs."
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