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"I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort."
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"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"

"When you do great things, think as if you missed the mark by an inch; walk as if you are yet to face the greatest task; talk as if you are yet to have the best preparation for the momentous moment and dream as if you are fighting a battalion of tasks."

"How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII."

"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

"It's not going to be easy, but it's kind of like ripping off a band-aid. Painful for a minute, but it has to be done."

"And certainly both Horses were doing, if not all they could, all they thought they could; which is not quite the same thing."

"They will cry, he will shout but you must sweat."
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"It was not easy with a newborn, asking your wife to give up the family home and your security."

"We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced fine dining but she loved it, too. Our mates thought it absurd."

"And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure."

"But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby."
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