Dale Carnegie Quotes
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.
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The scariest film in the world is 'Rosemary's Baby.'
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Silence is a lie. Silence has a loud voice. It shouts, "Nothing important is happening - don't worry." So when something important IS going on, silence is a lie."
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It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan and trying to evoke him.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
