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"As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid.?"
"I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have."
"FROZEN DREAM I'll take the dream I had last night And put it in my freezer, So someday long and far away When I'm an old grey geezer, I'll take it out and thaw it out, This lovely dream I've frozen, And boil it up and sit me down A dip my old cold toes in."
"I used to walk down the street like I was a super star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth."
"The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting."
"For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough."
"As you move to the top, remember the story of the pump. If you start pumping casually or half -heartedly, you will pump forever before anything happens. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen."
"It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country."
"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."
"Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport."
"It's never been true, not anywhere at any time, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale. We are unrepeatable beings of light and space and water who need these physical vehicles to get around. When we start defining ourselves by that which can be measured or weighed, something deep within us rebels. We don't want to EAT hot fudge sundaes as much as we want our lives to BE hot fudge sundaes. We want to come home to ourselves."
"Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy."
"I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane."
"I like to feel blonde all over."
"People Watch Luck Go by Them and They're Blind - They Never Reach out and Grab It."
"I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me."
"When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?"
"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."
"Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything."
"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon't wish it were easier, wish you were better."
