Bette Davis Quotes
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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We've been probably to some degree too successful.
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You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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The successful landing on the moon, very probably, is the best story.
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A lot of shows fly under the radar for the first couple seasons and then become successful. It doesn't necessarily have any bearing on the success of the show or how much the network is behind it.
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Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
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The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
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In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
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A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
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Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all.
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When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.
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If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
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Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.
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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Not all coincidence has to be loaded with meaning. Sometimes, things simply recur because that's how it is in life, that's how the mood gets in. It's good to subtly overdo it too, as Nabokov does, as Sebald does. It's a good way to intensify that region of localized weather that we call a novel.
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I missed the entire tournament season. It was very painful sitting there watching the games when I knew I could be out there helping the team.
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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
