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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Another quote by T.S. Eliot

Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,
Will not stay still.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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Topic
Meaning of words Words Limits of language

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic
Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
Wind, Sand and Stars
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

Another quote about Success

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff.

Fred Rogers

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Topic
What really matters Recognition Achievement Success Meaning of life
Speaker
Fred Rogers
Source
2002 Dartmouth commencement address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Commencement address
Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

Another quote from 1939

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
Russia International politics
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
The First Month of War
Medium
Radio broadcast Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The First Month of War." 1 Oct. 1939, Broadcasting House, London, UK. Radio Broadcast.