"Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else."

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Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”

Allan Sherman

#Winning Quotes #Crash Quotes #Automobile Quotes

“I have no fear of death whatsoever. I suspect that few people do, what they all fear is what might happen in the years or months before death.”
“Never can a room look comfortable without books ... Books ought to be scattered all over the house, even in the passages, in the bedroom, les livres du chevet, everywhere.”
“War could bond men like a magnet, but like a magnet it could repel them, too. The things they saw, the things they did. Sometimes they just wanted to forget.”
“I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world.”
“The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.”

Source : "US supreme court surprises with decision to uphold healthcare reform" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2012.
“The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome.”
“Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and disappointment than they do to the exceptionally gifted who, with the confidence of the talents bestowed upon them, often pursue the tasks leading to success with less determination.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (2010). “The Power Of One: Popular Penguins”, p.775, Penguin UK
“You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.”

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