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Quote by Gerry Duffy
If someone else can do it, then so can I, and if someone else has never done it before, then I can be the first.
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The quote expresses confidence through two possibilities: existing examples show that the speaker can also succeed, while the absence of an example does not make success impossible. “Be the first” means treating an untried achievement as an opportunity rather than a reason to stop.
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- Irish Examiner
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