"Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed."
-P. G. Wodehouse
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"Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.“
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"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."
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"Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success."
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-Roger Staubach
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