Yourself Quotes
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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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You have to find something that you want to accomplish, that you want to achieve. You want to drop 15 pounds. You want to be able to run four miles. There has to be some goal that you set for yourself and, after you've reached that goal, you set a new one. You always have to be shooting for something, striving for something.
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I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think, in essence, what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.
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Thinking for yourself is still a radical act.
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Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.
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You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
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It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.
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It is difficult to survive as an author in Sweden, so for commercial success, it is good idea to write crime, get yourself translated, and live happily ever after.
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You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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Forget yourself. Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment.
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The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.
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Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.
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I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
