Michael Caine Quotes
I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.
Quotes to Explore
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The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's funeral because they all know I'm sick. I am getting buildings named after me and awards and stuff.
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Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions.
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To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.
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I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
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Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
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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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In my opinion, the biggest achievement was by Shankar-Jaikishan. With Raj Kapoor's 'Barsaat,' they changed the way we looked at playback singing.
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Unusually rapid growth cannot keep up forever; when a company has already registered a brilliant expansion, its very increase in size makes a repetition of its achievement more difficult.
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I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.
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Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
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I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.
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The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.
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Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.
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All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.
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I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.
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Fashion has always been a source of stress for me because I don't know how to dress myself. I'm short-torsoed with big boobs, and I don't really understand what a belt does. But you get on these shows, and people fit the clothing to you, and suddenly you learn, 'Oh, I should be wearing petite jackets.'
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I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.
