#achieve

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. ↗

— Powell Clayton

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The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

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Other people his age had houses and washing machines, cars and television sets, furniture and gardens and mountain bikes and lawnmowers: he had four boxes of crap, and a set of matchless memories. ↗

— Robert Galbraith

#peers #age

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#meritocracy #age

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success. ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

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If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything. ↗

— Whitfield Diffie

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The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord - it feels great - but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop. ↗

— Criss Jami

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Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that. ↗

— Dawn Fraser

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In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

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To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance. ↗

— Jean Genet

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