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Success Quotes

"As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement."

"As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement."

Jesse James Garrett, American Businessman

Success, Successful, May, Want, World

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"To be inefficient and effective is better than being efficient and ineffective."

"To be inefficient and effective is better than being efficient and ineffective."

Richie Norton, American Author

Success, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Work, Life

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"Sex-centered magazines litter our newsstands . . . each edition trying to escape new laws from the bottom of the sewers. We put lids on sewer holes. Ought we not to do something about the pornography which is spewing out a polluted river of filth which can destroy us faster than any chemical pollution we seem so worried about?7"

"Sex-centered magazines litter our newsstands . . . each edition trying to escape new laws from the bottom of the sewers. We put lids on sewer holes. Ought we not to do something about the pornography which is spewing out a polluted river of filth which can destroy us faster than any chemical pollution we seem so worried about?7"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Success, Centered, About, Which

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"How you brew your life is how it's gonna taste on your tongue. You have the choice to make it bitter or sweeter. It all depend on the actions that you take day in day out."

"How you brew your life is how it's gonna taste on your tongue. You have the choice to make it bitter or sweeter. It all depend on the actions that you take day in day out."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Success, Life, Choices, Taste

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"Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you."

"Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you."

Robin Cousins, British Athlete

Success, People, Successful, Light, Production

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"In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already."

"In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already."

John Corbett, American Actor

Success, Successful, Being, Hollywood, Job

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"Ability is a poor man's wealth."

"Ability is a poor man's wealth."

John Wooden, American Coach

Success, Wealth, Ability, Man, Poor

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"After that initial success, every chance we got we'd hire that remote recording truck and just record stuff at the Whisky because it was so inexpensive."

"After that initial success, every chance we got we'd hire that remote recording truck and just record stuff at the Whisky because it was so inexpensive."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

Success, Chance

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"Nothing succeeds like address."

"Nothing succeeds like address."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Success, Nothing

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"The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia."

"The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia."

Kelly Miller, American Sociologist

Success, Belgium, Measure, Russia

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"The search for someone to blame is always successful."

"The search for someone to blame is always successful."

Robert Half, American Businessman

Success, Successful, Blame

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"Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system."

"Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system."

Ed Markey, American Politician

Success, Economy, Nation, Security

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"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Success, Obstacles

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"It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success."

"It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Success, Career

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"Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot."

"Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot."

George Foreman, American Athlete

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"I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success."

"I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Success, Perseverance, Desire, Succeed

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"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal."

"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal."

Mike Ditka, American Coach

Success, Failure

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"Greatness is a product of time."

"Greatness is a product of time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Success, Greatness, Product, Time, Value

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"You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity."

"You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

Success, Money, Compliments, Publicity

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"Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result."

"Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Success, Science, Result

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"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."

"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

Success, Performance, Ability, Past

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"The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others."

"The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others."

Rod Taylor, Australian Actor

Success, Successful, Fact, Pretty

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"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that."

"I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

Success, Hurt, Practice, Want

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"Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity."

"Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity."

William Hurt, American Actor

Success, Successful, Being, Famous, Mediocrity

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"I'm not doing my work for constant success."

"I'm not doing my work for constant success."

Rod Taylor, Australian Actor

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"The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them."

"The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them."

Arthur Henderson, British Politician

Success, America, Building, First

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"I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one."

"I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one."

Jean Gabin, French Actor

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"Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets."

"Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Success, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Today

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"I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter."

"I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

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"Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show."

"Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

Success, Truth, Future, Play

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"We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure."

"We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure."

Shane Leslie, Irish Diplomat

Success, Failure, Office

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"I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain."

"I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain."

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

Success, Birds, Opinion

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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

Success, Work, Failure, Hardwork

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"People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it."

"People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it."

Perry Como, American Musician

Success, Work, Thought, People

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"The success of the film is down to the crew."

"The success of the film is down to the crew."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

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"And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see."

"And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

Success, Career

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"Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication."

"Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication."

Michael Diamond, American Musician

Success, Work, Dedication, Hard work

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"I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet."

"I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet."

Michael Fassbender, German Actor

Success, Name, Office

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"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Success, Nothing, Order

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"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."

"Successful people are simply those with successful habits."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Success, People, Successful, Habits

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"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Success, Succeed

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"We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to do this same number that we did for PBS, so we did it and Paris had always considered us their darlings."

"We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to do this same number that we did for PBS, so we did it and Paris had always considered us their darlings."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

Success, Company, Paris, Years

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"A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest."

"A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Success, Successful, Celebrity, Interest, Name

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"Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of."

"Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of."

Sylvia Kristel, Dutch Actress

Success, Work, Nothing, Office

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"Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."

"Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."

Erwin Rommel, German Soldier

Success, Enemy, Fight, Troops

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"To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field."

"To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field."

Edward de Bono, English Psychologist

Success, Successful, Growth

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"In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better."

"In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better."

Jeffrey Sachs, American Economist

Success, Successful, Financial, Countries, Living

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"Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan."

"Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan."

James Roosevelt, American Politician

Success, Fact, Investment, Lies

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"If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them."

"If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

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