Quote by Heywood Broun
The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins

The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. – Heywood Broun

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I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. – Heywood Broun

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Ice Cream
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The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. – Heywood Broun

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Pessimism
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It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. Shes instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for. – Scott Brooks

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Chance is always powerful, let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. – Ovid

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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. – Socrates

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Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. – Audre Lorde

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When Im doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.A. and Im like, I dont want to go to a club with you, dude. I mean, I think youre rad, and if you want to come play Scrabble with me, thats amazing. – Ginnifer Goodwin

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Well have a public power authority, which will also have the ability to build power or finance power. And more importantly, well have more power than our economy provides. All of that will give us leverage we dont have today. – Gray Davis

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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. – Saint Augustine

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