Orison Swett Marden Quotes
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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'It is a mistake,' he said, 'to suppose that the public wants the environment protected or their lives saved and that they will be grateful to any idealist who will fight for such ends. What the public wants is their own individual comfort. We know that well enough from our experience in the environmental crisis of the twentieth century.'
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When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.
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I would love to work into my eighties. I don't want to be someone who only does a couple of big films and then is famous for just 15 minutes.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
