"The play was a great success, but..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.
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“I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.”
“I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals were unanimous: and it did not get into print until, fifty years later; publishers would publish anything that had my name on it.”
“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
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“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
“I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.”
“What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.”
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“Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.”
“Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.”
“I have been doing leg lifts faithfully for about fifteen years, and the only thing that has gotten thinner is the carpet where I have been doing the leg lifts.”