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Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but theres no palace till its built. – Fernando Pessoa

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Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves when autumn arrives, or the stretching of their many stiff fingers into the cold sky of the passing winter. – Fernando Pessoa

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With Believe bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved. – Katherine Jenkins

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If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. Then quit. Theres no point in being a damn fool about it. – W. C. Fields

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Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated – like I didnt have a community of artists. – Joni Mitchell

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Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers dont come together in real groups. – Anne Rice

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