"Actually, Lou, I think it was more than just my being in the right place at the right time. I think it was my being the right race, the right religion, the right sex, the right socioeconomic group, having the right accent, the right clothes, going to the right schools..."
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privilege, white privilege, life of privilege, privileged background, privileged backgrounds, racism, classism, misogyny, misogynist, misogynists, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, opportunity, opportunities, white man, white men, discriminate, discriminating, discrimination, secret to success, success, successful, advantage, advantages, advantageous, prejudice, prejudiced, bigot, bigots, bigotry, unfair, level playing field, level playing fields, advantage, advantages, bigotry, leg up, bootstraps, boot straps, entrepreneur, credit, give credit, giving credit, succesful, success, key to successProud parent of a partner at Barnow, Littman, McKenna & Huyck.
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bumpersticker, bumperstickers, bumper sticker, bumper stickers, partner, partners, law office, law offices, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, financial success, brag, brags, bragging, braggart, braggarts, parent, parents, proud parent, proud parents, student of the month, scholar, scholars, stock market, stockbroker, stockbrokers, broker, brokers, stock broker, stock brokers, success, successful, boast, boasts, boasting, offspring"Iron Man—why didn't I think of that?"
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tin man, wizard of oz, rebrand, rebrands, brand, brands, branding, comic book, comic books, comic book movie, comic book movies, superhero, superheroes, popular, popularity, modern update, modern updates, audience, audiences, popularity contest, popularity contests, summer blockbuster, summer blockbusters, generation gap, generation gaps, taste, tastes, jealous, jealousy, success, successful"It would be a great honor for me to be counted as one of your successes."
"Timothy, success is nothing to fear."
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success, successful, coach, coaches, life coach, life coaches, ambition, ambitions, lofty ambitions, goal, goals, goal-oriented, pressure, pressures, pressuring, parent, parents, parenting, parental, nag, nags, toddler, toddlers, kindergarten, expectation, expectations, high expectations, demand, demands, demanding, advice, advisor, advisors, advising, adviser, advisers, tip, tips"You realize, of course, it's not what you are that counts. It's who you know. Who do you know?
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success, successful, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, achievements, prosperity, who, networking, contacts, business, businessman, businessmen, career, careers, job, jobs, working, friend, friends, acquaintance, acquaintances, getting ahead, who you know, reference, references, professional, social, relationship, relationships, climbing the ladder, corporate world, office life, office, offices, modern life"I know by outward standard I'm successful, but a voice inside my head keeps saying, 'Where's your private plane?"
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executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, rich person, rich people, wealthy person, wealth, wealthy people, success, successful, private jet, private jets, first world problems, dissatisfied, dissatisfaction, competitive, competitiveness, ambition, ambitious, modern life, wealth gap, wealth divide, class divide, the one percent"I just hope I can do half as well with my future as you did with yours."
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future, success, successful, hope, hopes, dream, dreams, goal, goals, aim, aims, half, prosperity, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, achievements, fortune, happiness, wealth, riches, wealthy, rich, money"I think this one's in the bag."
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fish, fishes, fishing, bait, hook and bait, in the bag, business men, business man, business people, business person, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, business meeting, business meetings, sales pitch, sales pitches, hungry, eye candy, eye-candy, baiting, baited, bait and hook, business strategy, business strategies, sales technique, sales techniques, business technique, business techniques, business model, business models, business prospect, business prospects, stunned, attracted, hooked, success, successful, word play, business executive, business executives"If you didn't want to feel inferior to your classmates, you shouldn't have gone to such a good school."
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college, college grad, graduate, graduation, congratulations, congrats, inferiority complex, inferior, inferiority, university, alumni, alunmus, news, success, reunion, successful, impostor, impostor syndrome, magazine, magazines, superiority, superior, regret, regrets, regretting, modern, modern life, self assured, self assurance, self-assured, self-assurance, modern life, married, married life, age, ageing, aged, mid life, mid-life, mid life crisis, mid-life crisis"Oh, just great, Dick. How are things going with you?"
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business man, business men, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, going well, success, successful, party hat, party hates, happy, happiness, content, contented, brag, bragging, bragger, braggers, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, celebrate, celebrating"Springtime in New York. Ah, to be young, in love, and probably making two hundred and seventy-five thousand a year."
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nyc, new york, new york city, manhatten, rich, rich people, wealth, wealthy, wealthy people, love, date, dates, dating, couple, couples, girlfriends, boyfriend, boyfriends, husband, husbands, wife, wives, newlyweds, married, marriage, young love, business, businessperson, business people, businesses, professional, professionals, central park, park, parks, walk, people watching, success, successful"A lacklustre style got me where I am, and a lacklustre style is going to keep me here."
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fashion, fashions, style, styles, fashionable, fashion police, stylish, unfashionable, boring, lacklustre, clothing, clothes, men's clothing, men's fashion, office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, management, manager, managers, success, successful, middle aged"I'm a wunderkind slash flop."
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wunderkind, wunderkinds, child prodigy, child prodigies, fail, failed, failure, failures, party, parties, introduction, introductions, success, successful, genius, geniuses, children, child, kid, kids, smart, intelligent, flop, flops, psychology"You're never going to be happy if your only definition of success is Heaven."
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heaven, hell, hellbound, hellfire, damned, damnation, eternal damnation, success, successful, measure of success, measures of success, high bar, high bars, set a high bar, sets a high bar, setting a high bar, happy, happiness, unhappy, unhappiness, definition of success, definitions of success, unsuccessful, unrealistic, realistic, realistic, afterlife, afterlives"He works and plays well with others."
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pumpkin, pumpkins, pumpkin farm, pumpkin farms, pumpkin farmer, pumpkin farmers, farm, farms, farmer, farmers, pumpkin spice, trend, trends, fad, fads, season, seasons, seasonal, autumn, fall, flavour, flavours, flavor, flavors, spice, spiced, spices, convertible, convertibles, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobile, new car, expensive, expensive car, prosperous, prosperity, wealth, wealthy, new money, money, rich, noveau rich, nouveau riche, newfound wealth, newfound riches, millennial, millennials, basic, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pies, good business, success, successful"My high-school reunion went very well, thank you."
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high school reunion, high school reunions, high-school reunion, high-school reunions, king, kings, monarch, monarchs, monarchy, royal, royals, royalty, therapist, therapists, therapy, shrink, shrinks, achievement, achievements, throne, thrones, pride, ego, egos, egotist, egotists, egotistical, school reunion, school reunions, success, successful, successfulness"You're obviously under consideration for something."
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success, succeed, wife, married life, marriage, married, successful, prize, prizes, award, awards, awarded, stairway to heaven, jacob's ladder, jacobs ladder, cloud, clouds, heaven, heavens, god, religious, ascend, ascending, dry, dry humour, dry humor, death, dead, dying, die, died, condolences, condolence, sympathy, sympathies, ascension, ascensions, promotion, promotions, promotedStill a Disappointment to his Mother
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success, successful, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, teenager, teen-ager, teen-agers, teen, teens, lazy, laziness, layabout, wealth, wealthy, ruined life, couch potato, couch potatoes, dream, dreams, dreamer, modern life, modern attitudes, modern times, student, students, college student, college students, layabouts, celebrity, celebrities, fame, famous, famous people, going off the rails, career, careers, ruined careers, rich, riches"They say that every dog has its day, and this apparently is mine."
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