There are only two great tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want and the other is getting it. - Oscar Wilde

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There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work – Colin Powell

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Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. Nothing could vanquish me. — Cheryl Strayed

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you don't have to be great to get started but you have to to get started to be great ― Les Brown

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A great story is true. Not necessarily because it’s factual, but because it’s consistent and authentic. – Seth Godin

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At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy.

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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job – Michael Larsen

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain

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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

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