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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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- Tony Robbins
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- Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Tony Robbins: documented activity in 1978. Wikidata Q380429, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380429 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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