There is no secret to succe... by Countee Cullen, an American Poet

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“There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.”

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Countee Cullen

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Name: Countee Cullen

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Mar 30, 1903

Date of Death: Jan 9, 1946

Profession: Poet

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I have a rendezvous with life.

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So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.

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I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

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There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

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For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.

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