"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."
-Colin Powell
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"What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.“
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
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"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
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"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude."
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"A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
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"I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them."
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