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Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. ↗

— James S. Coleman

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President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government. ↗

— Jim Cooper

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What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

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The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. ↗

— Denis Waitley

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If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. ↗

— Brian Tracy

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My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain. ↗

— Simon Cowell

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I'm at a point where I'm going where the journey leads me. I've set goals but I don't get really hung up if I don't achieve those goals right away or in my time, you know what I mean? ↗

— Deborah Cox

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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. ↗

— Mike Ditka

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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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