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I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in people who are generally seen as tough guys. To me, when a hip-hop musician always plays tough, I find it annoying because I know they're not really like that — there's something deeper and vulnerable. There has to be, because they're human beings.

Skylar Grey

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Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism — money, eyeballs, software, brands.

George Packer

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I constantly think I'm a fraud — that this success is not warranted or justified.

David Chang

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I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.

Sophia Myles

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We've stayed really normal and down to Earth I think, and haven't let the success thing go to our head.

Ashley Olsen

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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

Kailash Kher

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Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

Viktor E. Frankl

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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

Sarah Bernhardt

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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

H. G. Wells

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Whether it's his beloved game of polo or his magical success in business, Norman Brinker simply does not know how to lose.

Newt Gingrich

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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

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We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.

Les Brown

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I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you.

Liu Yang

2

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

Oprah Winfrey

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Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror — robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hellbent on excelling, products of abusive tiger parenting who care only about test scores and perfection, driven to succeed without even knowing why.

Jenny Zhang

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Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values — these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom.

Jenny Zhang

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I think swagger's a confidence. It's a confidence of you knowing that you work hard for your success. A lot of times, you can't develop swagger if you haven't worked hard to succeed.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

Oprah Winfrey

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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Arthur Ashe

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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

Oprah Winfrey

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