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Quote by Havelock Ellis
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. – Havelock Ellis

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It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. – Havelock Ellis

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Evolution
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Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. – Havelock Ellis

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In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. – Havelock Ellis

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Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man. – Sammy Davis, Jr.

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The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? – Henry James

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When everything happens to you when youre so young, youre very lucky, but by the same token, youre never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you – your first love, your first success – the second one is never the same. – Lauren Bacall

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My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil. – Paul Getty

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Becoming food savvy is one thing, but its amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids wont even eat. – Jeffrey Kluger

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Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosityin the hearts of the young. – American Indian Proverb

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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. – Orison Swett Marden

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A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. – George D. Prentice

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