James Cash Penney Quotes
Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I would love to have my own fashion line because I love sketching.
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I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood – sometimes I get superbummed.
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Neither. I think of myself as a human being.
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I had to overcome bullies and other people who didn't like me and tormented me. I overcame those things with positive affirmations and setting goals. When I would set goals, I wouldn't let anything get in the way of me breaking them. As I found success, a lot of those things subsided and became less important.
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There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.
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We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours of rigorous study.
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Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
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Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.
