Success and Failure

Law of Probability Dispersal: Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.

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Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.

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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

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Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Johnson's First Law: When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

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Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.

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Even a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.

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Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.

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Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?

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Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.

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Every solution breeds new problems.

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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.

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It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.

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Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

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It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

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If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.

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