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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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
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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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Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on paper.
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As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one."
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From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.
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I hadn't even solved the mystery of my own body.
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Mediocrity is underrated.
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Success tempts many to their ruin.
