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It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.


Martin Seligman

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MARTIN COMPSTON A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sti...
DEMETRI MARTIN I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distra...
CHRIS MARTIN I did some modeling here and there but nothing really big. There was a time when I simply bummed aro...
COCO MARTIN Generally, a rising trend in rates is bearish for stocks; a falling trend is bullish.
MARTIN ZWEIG One of the frustrating things for people who miss the first rally in a bull market is that they wait...
MARTIN ZWEIG Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so somet...
DEMETRI MARTIN Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is...
MARTIN HEIDEGGER They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into ...
MARTIN LANDAU It is Cameron's cabinet of millionaires who are the real spongers given free rein to live out th...
MARTIN MCGUINNESS Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid ...
CHRIS MARTIN Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets ...
MARTIN MULL 'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a differe...
JUDITH MARTIN Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate t...
MARTIN REES Providing trails enhances the quality of life in the community and are a great asset to have. They p...
ALAN MARTIN It does put a doctor or health-care clinic in a more vulnerable position. This was an important prov...
ALAN MARTIN The state has reviewed the evidence and we are not aware at this time of there being any evidence to...
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