To get enough to eat was ...

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
 Brendan Behan

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
 Brendan Behan
God forgive us-but most of us grew up to be the sort of men our mothers warned us against.
 Brendan Behan
That you, sister. May you be the mother of a bishop.
 Brendan Behan
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
 Brendan Behan
If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.
 Brendan Behan