"If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already."
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"Swimmin in the money come and find me, NEMO."
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"Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements."
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"I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I’d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn’t be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying. You’re bootylicious. That’s all. It’s a celebration of curves and a celebration of women’s bodies."
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"I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble."
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"Many men are like unto sausages: Whatever you stuff them with, that they will bear in them."
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"I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair."
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"Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men."
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"Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it."
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"The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are."
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"A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows."
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"Do continue to believe that with your feeling and with your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate in yourself this belief, the more will reality and world go forth from it."
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"All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world."
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"Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom"
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"In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence."
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"Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable quality most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself."
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"Having visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people out of poverty and giving them a sense of dignity, self-worth and confidence."
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"When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, youre in good shape."
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"Come on now! How could you be me and want to be someone else?"
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"Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself"
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