Billy Eckstine Quotes
You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.
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Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.
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If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dreams for me. I was scared to tell him that I wanted to be an actor.
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I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
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I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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After making my stage debut aged nine as Macduff's small son in 'Macbeth,' I had played a number of parts, from 'Twelfth Night's Viola to 'The Merchant Of Venice's Portia'.
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A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
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I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.
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The success my children have had has helped me immensely. Ive showed them a certain respect for this career.
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When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'
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There's been a big void out there, in terms of where I've been and what I am currently working on, I'd like to fill that void now and share my exciting plans for the future.
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When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.
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You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.
