In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

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"I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

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"Light travels quicker than sound. This is why people seem brighter than they actually are."

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"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."

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"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

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"When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'"

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- 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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