Brian Tracy Quotes
When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Honestly, I'd love to say I live this amazing Hollywood lifestyle, but actually, I'm at home with my same friends and cooking. I crochet, I do watercolor. I think what surprised me the most is that that isn't the lifestyle everyone necessarily lives.
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Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.
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For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man.
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I mean, it takes a large entourage to put on a tour. You can't have 'em sittin' around.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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Negotiating isn't about getting what you want or giving in to what the other party wants. It's not an 'either/or situation.' It's about having both parties walk away satisfied. Over the years in both business and life, I've had to learn this hard lesson.
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When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.
