Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

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Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

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

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Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

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Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.- John Wayne

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I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

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Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day. — Alice Morse Earle

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Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

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