"Like all successful politicians I married above myself."
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"Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda."
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"I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch."
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"I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful."
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"If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women."
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"When a physician is called to a patient, he should decide on the diagnosis, then the prognosis, and then the treatment. ... Physicians must know the evolution of the disease, its duration and gravity in order to predict its course and outcome. Here statistics intervene to guide physicians, by teaching them the proportion of mortal cases, and if observation has also shown that the successful and unsuccessful cases can be recognized by certain signs, then the prognosis is more certain."
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"If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love."
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"Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language."
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"I've done some collaborations which have ended up like Chinese whispers, but the most successful was with Tilda Swinton... Together we transcended our previous work and made something better together than we could have done apart."
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"Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful."
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"The people who are successful are those who are grateful for everything they have."
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"It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'"
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"Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor."
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"The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy."
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"I believe in the perfect outcome in every area of my life! Expect to be successful! Expect to win!"
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"How often does the tightrope walker balance when walking across the tightrope? All the time! It is the same thing if you really want to have a successful career, and you want to have a happy home life. It is a matter of balance."
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"Success begets success. I've been offered a lot of movies now that '30 Rock' has been successful."
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"Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with."
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"To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God."
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"What is the highest good in all matters of action? To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated alike call it happiness, and make happiness identical with the good life and successful living. They disagree, however, about the meaning of happiness."
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