"I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up."

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Source : Max Schmeling (1998). “Max Schmeling: An Autobiography”, Taylor Trade Publishing

Max Schmeling

#Humble Quotes #School Quotes #Men Quotes

“When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.”
“When the image is new, the world is new.”
“Been there, done that Sold crack, got jacked Got shot, came back Jumped on Dre's back!”

Source : Song: Westside Story F.T 50 Cent, Album: The Documentary
“I've been proud to work on some really great children's shows, but they are not my only interest.”
“This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be sneaky and have a plan. But the stupid boy goes back, makes the rest of the story postscript and aftermath. He shouldnâ€™t have gone back. And this is the second lesson I took from the story: when someone is trying to ditch you, kill you, never go back.”
“In science the successors stand upon the shoulders of their predecessors; where one man of supreme genius has invented a method, a thousand lesser men can apply it. ... In art nothing worth doing can be done without genius; in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.”
“And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.”
“I didn't really get to Led Zeppelin until I was in my 20s.”

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