Brian Tracy Quotes
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.
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My main goal when I started my collection – and I didn’t think beyond this actually – was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people that go to rock concerts.
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When you look at nations today like England, in which great revivals occurred generations ago, there's very little vestige of Christianity left in public life. The Church, by and large, is dead, with only pockets of small Bible-believing churches struggling to make an impact on what's now a very pagan culture.
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Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received.
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War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S.
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The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
