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"E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in contrast to a divided Europe of the previous century, are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together."
"I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements, and that those achievements should not be taken for granted."
"To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history."
"Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity."
"Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is."
"Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving."
"Even success softens not the heart of the envious."
"Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted "Most likely to succeed." which I know was credited to my artistic achievements."
"If everything was in your favor, if you did not have to surmount any great mountains, then you have nothing to be proud of. But if you feel that you have special difficulties, then you must indeed be proud of your achievement."
"According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement."
"We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement."
"I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure."
"Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement."
"A Keyring? Achievements? These are not WoW-specific things. They are common sense. They exist in the real world."
"It is your own habits of thinking which give you mastery in any field of achievement"
"Conceive + Believe = Achieve."
"Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm."
"I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world."
"You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it."
"As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase."
