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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For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
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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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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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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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When you get quick fame and success and exposure, it makes you feel dizzy, and I didn't want to lose my balance 'cause that's something I've been struggling with for so many years. I'm not fond of the idea of making it in Hollywood. That's not my aim; otherwise, I would have settled down in Los Angeles.
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Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I.
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I hope I never need to believe in God. It would be an awful confession of failure.
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We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.
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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.
