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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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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. – 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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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they dont play together, the club wont be worth a dime. – Babe Ruth

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Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending. – John Hodgman

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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. – Charles de Montesquieu

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