Success and Failure

There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.

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There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.

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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

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The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.

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The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.

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The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

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The more you know, the less you need to show.

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The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

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The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed -- or did you fail because you stopped trying?

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The greatest thing man can create is himself.

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The future belongs to those who dare.

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To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

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Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

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Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

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To err is human, to forgive unusual.

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Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.

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Perfection is only achieved on the point of collapse.

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