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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one st

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? – Jessamyn West

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It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. – Jessamyn West

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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. – Jessamyn West

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alone
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Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. – Noel Coward

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But I think its more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. – Jose Mourinho

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Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. – Robert Collier

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Success didnt spoil me, Ive always been insufferable. – Fran Lebowitz

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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. – Elbert Hubbard

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History… is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. – James Joyce, Ulysses

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