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

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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they arent trying to teach us. – 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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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln

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Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole. – Bernard Law Montgomery

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You can never be comfortable with your success, youve got to be paranoid youre going to lose it. – Lou Gerstner

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You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the countrys success. – Michael Bloomberg

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Historians are gossips who tease the dead. – Voltaire, Scribbling Books

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No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. – Noah Webster

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People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person – irrespective of the title they currently hold – can do. – Jeb Bush

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The seven marvels that best represent mans achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote… so look for Howard Sterns Private Parts to come in No. 1. – Jon Stewart

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