I've had great success being a total idiot.

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"From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. You do that, and you're gonna have problems. I had pain during the last eight films; I've had pain in 37 straight telethons. I've never had a day without pain, since March 20, 1965."

- Jerry Lewis

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"When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, Daddy, will you take me to the zoo? He answered, if the zoo wants you, let them come and get you."

- Jerry Lewis

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

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