Dale Carnegie Quotes
There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Ferret out that reason — and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.
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If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
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I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.
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Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.
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I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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Cinema is about people, and we are a very emotional people. That is why you see those ups and those downs and those colours. That is what Indian cinema is about.
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I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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Canada is a big part of my life.
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That's the dirty little secret of Mormon growth. Lots of baptisms don't necessarily translate into long-term membership.
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It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
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I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'
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There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Ferret out that reason — and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.
