Orison Swett Marden Quotes
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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When I look at my body, I'm like, 'I'm a lead of a TV show?' To have a man in the business say, 'Come along just as you are,' is really an incredible thing.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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We're not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.
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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
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According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable.
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The 'Strange Loop' phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchial system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right back where we started.
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Never take anything for granted.
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For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
