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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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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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
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You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.
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Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.
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Every record I have done was because I was a person's friend. The only time we did not continue to be friends was if the record did not become a hit. If it did, we became great friends.
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles itself before a great kingdom, it shall win over that great kingdom. Thus the one humbles itself in order to attain, the other attains because it is humble. If the great kingdom has no further desire than to bring men together and to nourish them, the small kingdom will have no further desire than to enter the service of the other. But in order that both may have their desire, the great one must learn humility.
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Success tempts many to their ruin.
