“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
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“Trying to be better than someone else is a pure waste of time. Strive to be better than you were yesterday.”
Eric Stanley on CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYrWGivy5A <br class="br">2011
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