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A man can seldom -- very, very, seldom -- fight a winning fight ag

A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. – Mark Twain

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It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. – Mark Twain

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Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. – Mark Twain

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Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. – Mark Twain

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. – Francis Bacon

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, Dont quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. – Muhammad Ali

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Train everyone lavishly, you cant overspend on training. – Thomas J. Peters

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The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me. – Leroy Burrell

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