W. Clement Stone Quotes
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.
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The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.
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To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.
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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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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.
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We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.
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Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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Consumers fare best when the barriers to business entry are low, which helps ensure that the market - any market - becomes competitive and stays that way.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
