From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few. - Tony McCoy

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If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will. ― Steve Maraboli

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What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better.

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I am not what I ought to be, but by being so much better than my best self, I shall succeed in becoming it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within ― Helen Keller

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The ethereal past had blinded him, and the highest happiness he could dream was a return to it. ― E.M. Forster

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. _ Benjamin Franklin

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Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

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I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got. ― Sabrina Ward Harrison

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Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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