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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. ↗

— Richard Whately

#exempt #failures #makes #only #who

I've done a lot of geeky things in my life, but I think the geekiest of all was my first effort to build props and cosplay, when I was about twelve years-old. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#build #done #effort #first #geeky

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. ↗

— Patrick White

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My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together. ↗

— Shaun White

#been #comfortable #family #feel #friends

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate. ↗

— Shaun White

#building #bummer #cities #definitely #go

Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business. ↗

— Meg Whitman

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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#fall #field #flower #fools #fortune

Action makes more fortune than caution. ↗

— Charlotte Whitton

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