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"Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity."
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"Thank you adversity. Oh, how we stretch and grow in the shadows of darkness just to reach the light."
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"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."
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"To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I'm standing up."
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"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."
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"Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity."
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"Writing a sincere narrative account of personal adversities and misfortunes is one way to become acquainted with the rifts of a person's inmost self, the smothered pieces of want that lie separate and undetected amid the customs, habits, vices, and tedium that encases us in the hubbub of daily living."
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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."
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"It is not beauty that makes you strong--it is adversity."
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"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in."
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"Adversity is a stimulus."
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"Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me."
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"Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens."
Time

"Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old."
Movies

"The army teaches boys to think like men."
Men

"The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck."
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"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."
Trying

"Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning."
Man

"I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play."
People

"Those people in New York are not gonna change me none."
Change

"It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can."
Nature
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