Phaedrus (Gaius Julius Phaedrus) Quotes
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No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
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Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.
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In America, if you succeed, you don't have to apologize. In Italy, success is envied, and envy is the worst, worst, worst thing in the world. It's easy for me to say because I have had more than many others, but at the end of the day, I have never envied anyone. I wish to no one that they waste their time envying anyone else.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
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Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.
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If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
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Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
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It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success.
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I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.
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Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.
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If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
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This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.
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I wanted to make music that spoke to me, without having the expectation of success that comes with Lady Antebellum.
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A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.
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Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood / Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, / Dreading to find its Father.
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Success tempts many to their ruin.
