#succes

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige. ↗

— George Murray

#big #big deal #books #deal #even

I get the, you know, 'In my generation, we all had victory gardens, we all participated in this country's success.' It's that kind of sentiment that I hear from everybody, that we're all in this together. ↗

— Patty Murray

#everybody #gardens #generation #get #had

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#dependence #his #insofar #only #opportunities

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#almost #course #depends #effectively #entirely

We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#rather #resolved #see #successfully #would

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

#attribute #excuse #gave #i #never

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living. ↗

— Graham Norton

#ambition #being #comic #enough #finally

I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot. ↗

— Gary Numan

#always #am #been #cars #could

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#also #capitalism #failure #happen #idea

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#count #earn #fair #honesty #integrity