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In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of suc

In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco

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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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Storytelling
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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. – Umberto Eco

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The comic is the perception of the opposite humor is the feeling of it. – Umberto Eco

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The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and – just as the Tea Party did – it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point. – Eliot Spitzer

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I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasnt due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships. – Gary Vaynerchuk

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Im a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I dont leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success. – Gail Porter

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There are so few women in general who arent completely threatened and confused by other womens success. Its very disappointing. – Sandra Bernhard

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Am I athletic? In my dreams. – Hugh Bonneville

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This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. – Lord Byron

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The nice thing about egotists is that they dont talk about other people. – Lucille S. Harper

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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. – John Henry Newman

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