Quote by Henry James
The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones

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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Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James

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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James

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No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. – Ramana Maharshi

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We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows whove had success, to prove to audiences that you dont have to be a fool to become successful. – NeNe Leakes

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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

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We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. – Abraham Maslow

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There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. – Charles Dickens

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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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Well, I think its too early to call Fallujah a failure. – Charles Schumer

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