Les Brown Quotes
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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Of course, I will continue acting. I just need to dispel the Telugu and Tamil cinema's insecurities about married actresses. I don't know about others. But I am not going anywhere after marriage.
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Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
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The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
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What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper, write it in the present tense. You might begin by writing, 'I am so happy and grateful now that...' and then explain how you want your life to be in every area.
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I have faith in his judgment and in his sense of responsibility.
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Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
