What is Success | Cool |
To laugh often and much
| Oh brother where art thou
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To win the respect of intelligent people
| Check
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and the affection of children
| Check
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To earn the appreciation of honest critics
| Check - thanks, everyone :).
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and endure the betrayal of false friends;
| Check
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To appreciate beauty;
| Check
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To find the best in others;
| working on it
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To leave the world a bit better, whether by
| yes?
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a healthy child, a garden patch
| gotta work on thos gardening skills
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or a redeemed social condition
| sounds like an STD ...
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To know even one life has breathed
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easier because you have lived:
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That is to have succeeded.
| Yeah, and then what, stop trying? No thanks, I'll stick to Kipling.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | Poor Guy - must have been tough growing up with a name like that. Three actually |
2 Comments:
At 14/9/06 12:24 AM, Elisa said…
Walid! Just because one succeeds once it doesnt mean that one should stop. You went to MIT by Gods sakes! If there is ever a place where people keep trying and trying in spite of (or impelled by?) previous successes it is in this place.
For all his funny names, Emmerson was no idiot. :)
At 30/11/06 10:34 AM, Walid said…
Hi
You seem to agree with me - and my argument is that Emerson does not seem to. Hence my reference to Kipling.
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