Ernest Becker Quotes
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston -
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
K. Flay -
I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
Rachel Sklar -
You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
Vic Morrow -
I think that when the social stakes for people are higher, how you present yourself may sometimes feel like it's going to inform your destiny. Because if other people regard you in a certain way, they'll want to help you, and you will end up having a career.
Rachel Kushner -
It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.
Nanci Griffith
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It’s very hard to prosper in this modern economy if you haven’t fully unleashed the potential of your people. And your people’s potential, in part, derives from their ability to express themselves and express new ideas, to try to right wrongs that are taking place in the society.
Barack Obama -
The worst programs are the ones where the programmers doing the original work don't lay a solid foundation, and then they're not involved in the program in the future.
Bill Gates -
Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's — the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train — there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together.
Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
Matt Bomer -
My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.
Jason Dolley -
I think we probably will end up in America because he would be giving up much more to come and live here. If you want to work in film, that's really where you have to be. But I'm not sure that being an ex-pat is very good for one's sense of self.
Emily Mortimer
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I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience.
Brooklyn Decker -
I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey.
Aimee Bender -
When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort of male gaze-skewed. It's all working out for the beach and not for function at all.
Betty Gilpin -
I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy -
Women in America cannot achieve our full economic and personal fulfillment as long as the concentration of wealth and power in the top 1% continues to stifle democratic voices and progressive policies.
Christine Pelosi -
You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.
Napoleon Hill
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Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold.
Aristotle -
Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
Bill Gates -
We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
Daniel Espinosa -
Horror alone brings peace of mind.
Ernest Becker