Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Family Reunion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

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And the wind shall say:
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Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls."

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
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Speaker
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Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Rock
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

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The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Topic
Youth

Author

Alfred North Whitehead
Source
Adventures of Ideas
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.

Another quote about Success

Showing up is 80 percent of life.

Woody Allen

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Topic
How to succeed Success
Speaker
Woody Allen
Source
The New York Times
Language
English
Time
1977 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Allen, Woody. Quoted in "He's Woody Allen's 1‐1‐Silent Partner." Written by Susan Braudy. The New York Times, 21 Aug. 1977.

Another quote from 1939

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic
The unknown
Speaker
Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.