"It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution."
-Anthony Trollope
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"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.“
-Anthony Trollope
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"As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour."
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"In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise."
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"What is there that money will not do?"
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"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."
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"Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success."
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"It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports."
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"Fame and success are very different things."
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"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts."
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