"In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.“

-Simon Hoggart

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"Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And it's also an affirmation of faith in their country."

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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

-Marilyn Monroe

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

-Robert Frost

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

-Mark Twain

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."

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