"I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am."
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"I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf."
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"To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it."
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"I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work."
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"Marketing begins before the product is launched."
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"The positive aspect of competition in a business scenario is it helps you to be more alert and innovative."
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"Results matter! They matter to your credibility."
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"What you put out is already on its way back to you."
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"He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems."
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"A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create."
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"I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people."
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"People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony."
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"The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it."
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"Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection."
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"Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child."
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"Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played."
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"I know what the fear is. The fear is not for what is lost. What is lost is already in the wall. What is lost is already behind the locked doors. The fear is for what is still to be lost."
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"Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it."
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"The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it."
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"When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there."
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