Brian Tracy Quotes
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
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I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.
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That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.
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Well, you know, certain - for one reason, I think that the intervention process is a good process for most people, but for me, it just looked like a bunch of my friends trying to get back at me and sit around taking jabs at me, you know, when I couldn't defend myself.
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Thank you, people who say 'Wow, you're really photogenic,' for not saying what you really mean: 'Wow, you're really ugly in person.'
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If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.
