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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. – Thomas A. Edison

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But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember – that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer. – Robert E. Howard

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Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But its only kept a secret from the person who fails. – Robert Half

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