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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—Herbert B. Swope<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody. —Herbert B. 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