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GOLDA MEIR But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supp... NORTON JUSTER What I believe in and the way I work with my clients is we're so quick to say what we don't ... BRAD GORESKI I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but i... SARAH HYLAND If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspect... STEVE CASE The natural phenomenon of the universe is so mind-blowing, but you have to know about it. You have t... RICHARD LINKLATER At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not. LARRY HOVIS If you're convinced as an artist of what you're doing, the only move is to, no matter what p... ZEDD People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - bu... CONOR OBERST By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if S... MARG HELGENBERGER If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your ego... BUD GRANT And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you'r... CLINT HOWARD If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too... EUGENE H. PETERSON You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidenc... KATE VOEGELE What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly,... JASON STATHAM The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing som... BEN WHISHAW I think what's dangerous about marriage is the way it can make you feel like you've got it a... ARIEL LEVY Nothing is a calling card. Everything is what you do. If you do it in order to get somewhere else, y... JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're ... JEREMY IRONS Each year, you've got to talk about it more and more, you've got to have programs. You'r... CALVIN JOHNSON If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this i... JACK KEVORKIAN One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around... SEAN HANNITY We all have cultural bias, racial bias. One of the difficult things around this subject matter is to... DAVID OYELOWO Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; ... LATOYA LONDON If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Fi... JERRY DOYLE Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimm... JOAN SUTHERLAND You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do th... CARLOS GHOSN I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're commu... E. O. WILSON It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done... CAROLINE BUCHANAN The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always wan... ANEURIN BARNARD The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all,... RIDLEY SCOTT You just have this freedom when you're younger - this lack of concern to fail or do anything wro... HAYDEN PANETTIERE From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It's a warning: 'Don't do ... RICHARD DAWKINS Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do. RICHIE NORTON Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's no... NICK VUJICIC If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your ... JONNY LEE MILLER You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the busi... MEREDITH WHITNEY It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've... CARSON WENTZ People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 t... JEREMY RENNER You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making t... JANE HADDAM I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die... STEVE GLEASON Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantag... NIGEL KENNEDY Everything feels like you're in slow motion and everything you do seems like it's about two ... TONY PARKER The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable ... JUDY PARFITT What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else,... NANCY SINATRA You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it... HALLE BERRY A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must... MAXWELL You've got to know what your 'thing' is, and you've got to call it a 'thing,'... IYANLA VANZANT People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at... RANDY JOHNSON Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. Bu... BILL KURTIS Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if y... OCTAVIA BUTLER I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it... SPIKE JONZE I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, eith... AARON SCHOCK If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've g... EWAN MCGREGOR If you are stuck at a dead-end job, or you know your friends are bringing you down, the time to act ... RICKY REED You've got to be picky in this business - if you're not, then I don't think you have the... AARON PAUL If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any... CHRISTOPHER GUEST I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question... THABO MBEKI If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to chan... TOBIN BELL There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are ... NIKKI SIXX Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the the... AL LOPEZ 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 Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallibl... RAY COMFORT Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you&... USHER The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think ... PADDY CONSIDINE We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government ove... LARRY PAGE The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it... PAT OLIPHANT The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind ... KELLY CLARKSON Makeup is something that a female has to reckon with every single day. Whether you wear it or don... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what... MACEO PARKER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security o... LENNART MERI But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim la... BRUCE NAUMAN Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderst... KID CUDI If you don't care about the lapel or the buttons or the fit, then you are doing a disservice to ... MICKEY DREXLER The strange thing is, if I was speaking to drama students about the thing that you should do if you&... RHYS IFANS We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first in... JOE TORRE When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying ... RUSSELL SIMMONS Tap dancers find it very difficult to do anything other than tap if that is all they have been train... NIGEL LYTHGOE It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries... VIVIENNE WESTWOOD You've either got it or you haven't. LIAM GALLAGHER When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You re... GABRIELLA WILDE Every time you get on a stage or in front of a camera, the whole exercise is about imagination. You&... RON PERLMAN It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sin... CHRISTINA AGUILERA If you depend on a secret for your security, what do you do when the secret is discovered? If it is ... WHITFIELD DIFFIE I've been doing extremely dangerous activities for a long time, but I've been lucky enough t... YUICHIRO MIURA Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out ... ZACK GREINKE You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel go... JOHNNY DEPP
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STEVEN PINKER The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them th... STEVEN SPIELBERG If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes fro... STEVEN JOHNSON I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. STEVEN WRIGHT I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an... STEVEN WRIGHT I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.' STEVEN WRIGHT I intend to live forever. So far, so good. STEVEN WRIGHT I guess my first digital movie was 'Tintin' because 'Tintin' has no film step. There... STEVEN SPIELBERG Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend. STEVEN SPIELBERG Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me. STEVEN ADLER It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And t... STEVEN ADLER I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller. STEVEN ADLER You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you hav... STEVEN ADLER I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty year... STEVEN ADLER The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I wo... STEVEN ADLER You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You c... STEVEN ADLER You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge. STEVEN ADLER Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrum... STEVEN ADLER Loud is a way of life. STEVEN ADLER The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that ... STEVEN ADLER Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling r... STEVEN ADLER I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look f... STEVEN ADLER I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family. STEVEN ADLER Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my g... STEVEN ADLER If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, ... STEVEN ADLER I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself. STEVEN ADLER