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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ↗

— Jane Smiley

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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time? ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#grow #grow up #guy #his #how

I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#capitalism #child #devices #everyone #fairly

Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.' ↗

— Rip Torn

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To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns me. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#between #clear #concerns #ever #gap

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for? ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#going #inherited #more #opportunities #something

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

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