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You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.

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• The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Success
  • Humble

• All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.

  

  E. L. James
  • People
  • Kind
  • Mean

• Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • War
  • Peace
  • Civilization

• Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Opportunity
  • Team
  • Change

• Explosions are not comfortable.

  

  Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Comfortable
  • Explosions

• No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Life
  • World
  • Music

• Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Strength
  • Feet
  • Stand

• I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Travel
  • Clothes
  • Weather

• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Always
  • Serious
  • Data

• But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Up
  • Good
  • Trust

• Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

  

  Jack Benny
  • Mind
  • Age
  • Matter

• It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.

  

  Laura Wade
  • Life
  • Odd
  • Playwright

• I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Work
  • Believe
  • American

• Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

  

  Florence King
  • Always
  • Nothing
  • Say

• Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Sometimes
  • Messy

• The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Work
  • Great
  • Writing

• I used to just sit in the living room and make up songs on the keyboard.

  

  Fleur East
  • Up
  • Living
  • Just

• One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

  

  Karel Capek
  • People
  • Principles
  • Personal

• I've dominated past competitions, but I've sweated blood and tears for every medal. I take nothing for granted, and I'm fully focused on doing my best.

  

  Lee Pearson
  • Past
  • Tears

• At least once a year, I meet with a group called the Giving Pledge. It's a group of billionaires - including me, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner - who have pledged to give away most of their money to charity. We meet for three days to talk about what we're doing to help make the planet a better place to live.

  

  John Paul DeJoria
  • Live
  • Money
  • Help

• I always wanted an extraordinary life. When it's over, I want to be able to say that I did it.

  

  Mark Kurlansky
  • Life

• I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.

  

  William H. Macy
  • Together
  • Running
  • Attention

• I hope he (Babe Ruth) lives to hit one-hundred homers in a season. I wish him all the luck in the world. He has everybody else, including myself, hopelessly outclassed.

  

  Home Run Baker
  • World
  • Wish
  • Luck

• You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.

  

  Lin Dan
  • Luck