Nolan Ryan (Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.) Quotes
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.
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Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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From the very beginning, I envisioned success as selling enough books so I could keep getting published and continue to write what I wanted to without compromising.
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Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.
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I was never really interested in an operatic post, but I took on the Bastille because it seemed a unique opportunity to build an opera ensemble from scratch, and to deal with all the disciplines that go into opera - the music, the staging and the singing - in an interrelated way.
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I just hate meetings. Though it's true that once you've made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don't want to seize every opportunity to do so.
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I think the older that I'm getting, the more I'm understand what a privileged job I have, and what an opportunity I have. Now I'm directing films and I'm getting my first movie in America off the ground, and you start to understand how the system really works.
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Import and substituting imports with domestic production are a big opportunity. With a devaluation of the rupee, imports get expensive, and for Indian manufacturers, this creates a huge opportunity.
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Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
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Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work.
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Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
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'I took care of the depth of my relationship with God and He took care of the breadth of my success.'
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Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
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Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
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I don't know Eddie that well, but he has a great work ethic and that's why he's been in the game as long as he has.
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By the end of our lives, we're covered in battle scars and shrapnel.
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I just wasn't picked. I'm not bitter. I'm not mad. It just means I'll get to spend more time with my wife and kids over the next three summers. I still hope they bring back the gold. I'm just honored to have played before.
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I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
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I'm always about optimism and exuberance. It's what I feel about fashion.
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Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.
