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It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair

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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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The opposite of success is not failure. Unsuccessful efforts are not failures unless they so discourage you that you abandon further efforts to achieve your goal. Even then, the venture or effort may be a failure but you are not. Failure is an event not a character trait.
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Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.
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