English
start from where you are
Achievement requires realism.
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Origin
Attributed to Edmund Burke (1727-1797) as "If you want to get anywhere, you must start from where you are."
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- derivedEnglishwhere “In, at or to what place.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishwher
- inheritedOld Englishhwǣr
- inheritedMiddle Englishwher