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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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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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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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.
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I've come to understand that art is awesome and beautiful because it's a reflection of life - but it's just a reflection, and the real thing is my daughter.
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Women tend to break the network of friends they make, but it is a habit that men have learned. It is an approach to life that involves planning almost without thinking about it. And men sustain this. I came from a northern grammar school. I had a good education, but I didn't have a good network.
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Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.
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I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
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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.
