Evan Esar Quotes
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I wouldn't wish overnight success on anyone. You have no real friends. Everyone works endless hours at different studios, so far apart. Even on your own lot, relationships were formal and often competitive.
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Democrats hate success.
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I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.
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There are so many immigrant-led success stories in the United States, and the fact that it's gotten so much harder for educated folks to stay here is really unfortunate.
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Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.
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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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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
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Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real antiwar movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an antiwar rally.
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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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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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It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions.
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I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
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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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To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.
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People will find any reason not to give you credit for your success because, in their mind, your success is their failure.
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But once I went for it, left my inhibitions aside and saw its eventual success, it made me much more comfortable and eager THIS time around to take it to a whole new level.
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I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.
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Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.
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She came in and enjoyed some success as a freshman and sophomore and then she got voted as a captain. She's been a tremendous leader, a solid performer and we're going to miss her bright smile every day.
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Madame Curie didn't stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
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If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
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I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.
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If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.
