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FRED DELUCA ROLLO MAY AVA DUVERNAY If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're... DAN PINK ADAM GRANT When you're facing an investor or the institutions or a distributor, it's you yourself with ... MARTIN VILLENEUVE If you're nice, if you like yourself, if you treat other people well, you're going to be suc... DANNEL MALLOY GIORGIO ARMANI PATRICK ROTHFUSS VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with id... DANA SCHUTZ JOSE MOURINHO LESLIE MOONVES I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it... FELICITY JONES Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the o... STEVE SPURRIER There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just ... VINCE GILLIGAN In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to... JEAN RENO SUMMER SANDERS I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on ... STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN You have to be the one promoting yourself. If you don't think that you're worthy, you're... MISTY COPELAND AISHA TYLER KEN ROBINSON With any mannerisms or dialogue, you have to be careful you're not just serving yourself. What h... RAY LIOTTA KEVIN MITNICK J. J. WATT Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the ... THOMAS KELLER Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have... DEBBIE MEYER I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate. AGNES MARTIN I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political a... ANGUS KING DAN ARIELY EDDIE VAN HALEN I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not ge... JON HAMM The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play... CAMERON MONAGHAN It's OK to joke about yourself and have self-perspective, but, like, when you constantly put you... TOVE LO I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are th... TINA MAZE With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. I... ALIA SHAWKAT MARY J. BLIGE You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertain... BUTCH TRUCKS ADAM SAVAGE You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribl... DONNA SHALALA BROCK OSWEILER MIA LOVE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Typecasting is an interesting thing because, in a way, if you're good at something, you're g... AARON TVEIT Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It'... NIKLAS ZENNSTROM SHEENA IYENGAR If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something di... JESSYE NORMAN WHIT STILLMAN DAVID CRONENBERG JOHN IRVING GEORGE SAUNDERS ERALDO BANOVAC BRITTANY SNOW HARVEY S. FIRESTONE BILL GATES It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and 'Touch... PADDY CONSIDINE Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do i... TOM SIZEMORE I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely r... RONALD FRAME BRIAN TRACY You're going to see this 'Internet of things' start demanding network performance and ma... HANS VESTBERG If you think of the ideas of open source applied to information in an encyclopedia, you get to Wikip... MATT MULLENWEG ASHTON KUTCHER AARON RODGERS CHANDLER RIGGS TINASHE It's very difficult to get your ideas to Hollywood if you're the average Joe or Jane. An age... BRUCE NASH KEN ROBINSON BEN SCHNETZER OLIVIA COLMAN TERRY WOGAN I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing ... JULIETTE BINOCHE TOM STOPPARD If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone... ASTRO TELLER Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do y... HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN BAT FOR LASHES EVANGELINE LILLY If you're tired, you shouldn't make yourself exercise. Take a nap instead. It's about ge... ELLIE KEMPER JENS LEKMAN JOHNNY CARSON
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you&... 
Don't buy this 'believe in yourself' rubbish. Why do they keep telling youngsters that? ... 
Ideas come mostly bottoms-up. They come when you have a free flow of ideas and you have people able ... 
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I ha... 
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Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different ... 
I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're no... 
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have... 
Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating she... 
If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... 
If you are not able to express your own original energy and ideas, if you do not listen to your own ... 
People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is... 
I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you thin... 
You can't intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it's going to come... 
You have to calendar time for yourself even if you have no idea what you're going to do with it. 
I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with chil... 
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, then you will... 
If you're doing something outside of dominant culture, there's not an easy place for you. Yo... 
You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they'r... 
A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if... 
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and lo... 
I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures.... 
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It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're ... 
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If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've l... 
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The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling American... 
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The more you teach positive ideas to others, the better you learn them yourself. 
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BBC TV gets hold of an idea and beats it to death until we're all heartily sick of it. They buy ... 
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a... 
Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be conta... 
I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better... 
Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'l... 
What you end up seeing when you look at history is that people who have been good at pushing the bou... 
Chance favors the connected mind. 
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He that never thinks can never be wise. 
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