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Success is getting the result you want. Has nuthin to do with toil or anything else. JBJ
Sean Renaud
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It is a beautiful quote.
It pretends luck isn't a major factor which is bullshit but it's still a nice quote to teach the children until they get old enough to know better.
It pretends luck isn't a major factor which is bullshit but it's still a nice quote to teach the children until they get old enough to know better.
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Let's see...should I go with the thoughts of the greatest soccer player who ever lived and a hero to billions...or the musing of an angry old white man on a porn board? I need some time here...
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Let's see...should I go with the thoughts of the greatest soccer player who ever lived and a hero to billions...or the musing of an angry old white man on a porn board? I need some time here...
Considering the old angry racist on a porn board is right it's a tough call. I would no more consider a man who worked hard his whole life but didn't achieve his goal successful than I would consider a man who won the lottery a failure (if his goal was to be a millionaire.
It sucks but that's how it is.
Sean Renaud
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The two opinions are not mutually exclusive.
By definition, you cannot control luck.
noun
1. success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.
Luck, or winning a lottery just happens.
On the other hand, everything Pele mentions is within ones control..if they want.
Or, one is certainly ( in their own mind) able to blame their lack of success on anything other than themselves.
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Yes, all those things Pele mentions are withing ones control and they are great and people need them. However without a decent bit of luck having all those things won't win you the day.
Opportunity however is luck.
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He kicked a ball.
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Considering the success rate of legal American Citizens who are given their "fair share" at birth vs the success rate of illegal immigrants busting their asses for 60,70, 80 hours a week I would call your hypothesis into question. Actually I'd just flat out say right there your idea is full of shit and doesn't hold up in the real world.
Well maybe tomorrow Mom will tell you the Govt just mailed you a "success" check. Keep waiting.
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Looks like I don't need to waste time explaining it to you.
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Oh they did mail me a success check a long time ago. It was glorious. See it started when I was born in a country with free education. Then after I joined the military they not only paid me they gave me money to go to school. Then with that education and with the money they had given me I started up my own business.
I've still got some of that school money left to burn too!
No arguing with that.
Says the woman (?) who spends most of her time talking trash anonymously on a porn board.
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What else did he do? Enlighten me.
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ms_ann_thrope
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Making heroes out of sport figures, especially for children, is a bad idea.
What else did he need to do? He brought joy to millions of people around the world, and is widely considered to be the best player of all time. And, unlike many athletes, he did so without being a pompous asshole.
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So what you're saying is he kicked a ball really, really well and a lot of really empty people enjoyed it.
