Brian Tracy Quotes
When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.
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If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft - he must first have been given some hope.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.
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I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
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We write the song, then it gets played for the artist, and they somehow fall in love with it and go back in and make it their own.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.
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No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future.
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I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.
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What you've done is done. You've got a goal you never reach, and it's always farther away. It keeps you walking. I don't want to sit down.
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I was running around all the time, talking out of turn, a lot of energy, and obsessed with movies. There's nothing I loved more than going to the movies.
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When you make a to-do list, you should also make a to-not-do list. Warren Buffet was asked about the secret to success, and he said that it was saying no to almost everything. Some of those little tasks won't matter as long as you get the big tasks done.
