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For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success impossible by their own cross-grained ungentleness; whilst others, it may be much less gifted, make their way and achieve success by simple patience, equanimity, and self-control. Samuel Smiles		Friday Jun 12, 2026
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You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. John Irving

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	John Irving
	(1942- ) The Hotel New Hampshire - American English professor, author, wrote Cider House Rules, 1999.

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It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. Prostitutes know this too. Life is serious, but art is fun. We invent what we love, and what we fear. A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy. You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.