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Albert Einstein. Photo: bbc.com

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
- Pablo Picasso

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S Truman

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
- Dale Carnegie

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
- W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
- Cecil B. DeMille

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
- Emily Dickinson

You always pass failure on the way to success.
- Mickey Rooney

A minute's success pays the failure of years.
- Robert Browning
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