Three sponge-cake steps lead up to a tiny green trainer and a blank paper flag.

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Oh, the Places You'll Go! • 1990

Dr. Seuss

Will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The question about success receives an emphatic yes, followed by a strangely precise guarantee. That fraction makes the reassurance playful while leaving a small possibility of failure. The passage encourages confidence without quite making the complete promise its opening answer seems to offer.

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