Successful Quotes
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One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer.
Michael Tolkin
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I don't need anybody, I'm successful in life enough to buy myself a f'ing sandwich.
Carlos Mencia
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I guess I'm a survivor. There are many of us survivors and any successful woman of my age has somewhat of that in her.
Helen Gurley Brown
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I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.
Dolly Parton
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Successful gardening is not necessarily a question of wealth, it is a question of love, taste, and knowledge.
Vita Sackville-West
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To be successful, you only need one person to believe!
Eric Thomas
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If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.
Michael Porter
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If you can't, you must. If you must, you can. Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Anthony Robbins
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Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.
Mukesh Ambani
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No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.
Tony Gilroy
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I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.
Michael Caine
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You can say the president's private life takes up so much of his time that he doesn't focus on his job, so therefore he's terrible. But in my imagination, the 23 hours of the day that we don't experience, he's very hard at work. He's quite an effective and successful president - in my narcissistic imagination.
Tony Goldwyn
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I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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One of the things that's different about London and the English market is that theater and film and television are all based in London. It's not quite the same as in the States where if the playwright here wants a successful TV or film career, they're whisked away by Hollywood.
Colin Callender
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In order to put it into perspective, as an actor, it's super hard to get on a TV show. If you get on one, it's super hard for that show to be reasonably successful. All of that, on paper, seems pretty special. It's the sum of the parts, really. To roll the dice and come up with this particular show is pretty fortunate. I'm very happy about Silicon Valley series. It's changed everything for me.
Thomas Middleditch
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I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.
Isaiah Mustafa
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As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.
Greg Lake
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Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.
Shawn Achor
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We just wanted to be successful enough to have another record. We went from playing bars in front of three people to selling out Madison Square Garden, all on our first record. We were surprised at how successful it was, and we still are.
Paul Doucette
Matchbox Twenty
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I started writing my own plays, and I would sell out, but after everything was said and done, I'd break even. That's being successful.
Steven Michael Quezadaun
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I have read many, many of these first-time published efforts and often, even though some are absolutely at pro levels of production, and have very costly printing and presentation, they lack a purpose, they merely emulate successful comics that already exist... I can't stress this enough. Have something to say.
Gail Simone
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When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
William Jennings Bryan
