I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

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"Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there."

- George Burns

Love

"Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn't show up on X-rays, but you know it's there."

- George Burns

Love

"Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."

- George Burns

Self-awareness

""Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.""

- George Burns

Happiness

""I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.""

- George Burns

Happiness

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

Hard Work

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

Hard Work

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Hard Work