Ethel Merman Quotes
When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.
Ethel Merman
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But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
Victor Hugo
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I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.
V. E. Schwab
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
Barry Ritholtz
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I have been obscenely lucky. I've got most of the things I've asked for and done well at the things I've wanted to succeed at.
M. J. Hyland
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I almost always have a strong passion about the things I do. I wouldn't say aggressive, but I am always trying very hard to make sure that things will succeed.
Pansy Ho
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I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.
Jack Kent Cooke
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We need the private sector to succeed, because if the private sector succeeds, America succeeds. Because it's not the government that produces jobs, it's the private sector.
Gary Locke
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With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham Lincoln
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I still have the desire to succeed, and I've always felt success is measured by what you've done in the win column, not top 10s.
Hale Irwin
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Ninety percent of the people I grew up with didn't succeed.
Eddie Perez
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I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.
Eddie Marsan
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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Earl Nightingale
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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
H. L. Mencken
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The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.
Seth Godin
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'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'
Barry Hughart
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Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.
Paul Auster
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It is through the tender austerity of our troubles that the Son of Man comes knocking. In every event He seeks an entrance to my heart, yes, even in my most helpless, futile, fruitless moments. The very cracks and empty crannies of my life, my perplexities and hurts and botched-up jobs, He wants to fill with Himself, His joy, His life...He urges me to learn of Him: 'I am gentle and humble in heart.
Elisabeth Elliot
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When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest.
Ethel Merman
