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What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins
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"What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins"

- Gene Fowler

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Success is a delicate and fleeting idea. It is something that is often searched for, but can be quickly damaged. The quote is recommending that success is like a toy balloon amongst children equipped with pins. The kids, representing the barriers and challenges of life, are eager to pop the balloon, representing success. The quote is recommending that success is delicate and can be easily ruined by the obstacles and challenges of life. It is a suggestion that success is not ensured which it is essential to be prepared for the challenges that life tosses at us. The quote is likewise a pointer that success is not something that can be taken for approved which it needs to be worked for and made. It is a pointer that success is something that needs to be earned and that it is not something that can be considered given.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Gene Fowler between March 8, 1890 and July 2, 1960. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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