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The Things You Own

“The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.”

― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Legal

Never forget everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. -MLK

How To Succeed

If at first you don't succeed…

Albert Einstein didn’t speak until he was 4 years old.

Bill Gates first software company, Traf-O-Data failed.

Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street, was rejected 28 separate times.

Jim Carrey was booed off stage during his first performance at Yuk Yuk Comedy Club.

Oprah Winfrey was fired from her first job for being unfit for television.

Decca Recording Studios didn’t sign the Beatles after their audition because “guitar groups were on their way out.”

Walt Disney’s first company , Laugh-O-Gram went bankrupt.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high-school varsity’s basketball team.

After his first paying gig, Elvis was told by his manager, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.”

Van Gogh sold just ONE painting in his lifetime.

Try, Try, Try again.

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