Daniel Tammet Quotes
I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on.Daniel Tammet
Quotes to Explore
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There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.
Vash Young -
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
W. Clement Stone -
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
Edgar Lee Masters -
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
Orison Swett Marden -
I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
Kat Dennings
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Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
Adam Clayton U2 -
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Salvador Dali -
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
C. S. Lewis -
And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.
Florenz Ziegfeld -
Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know.
Val Guest -
There's always chatter about a 'Chuck' movie. So nobody's opposed to it. It's just a matter of getting everything lined up.
Yvonne Strahovski
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The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's funeral because they all know I'm sick. I am getting buildings named after me and awards and stuff.
Sam Simon -
I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.
Nadia Comaneci -
To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.
Olly Murs -
I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
Idris Elba -
Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
Florence Scovel Shinn -
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
Orison Swett Marden
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In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor's 'Barsaat,' they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
Lata Mangeshkar -
My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my notebook. She said I should try writing children's books, and so I did.
Dav Pilkey -
Pau has been doing it for us all season and he did it again. He saved us.
Eddie Charles Jones -
Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that.
Barry Jenkins -
When someone gives 60 days' notice, they're able to play an active role in identifying and training their replacement.
Daniel Lubetzky -
I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on.
Daniel Tammet