"I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today."
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"After losing LaRoche, I have to step up a little bit. I have to do what I need to do."
"[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother.""
"People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward"
"A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time."
"Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities"
"Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better."
"Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step."
"I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to step on them anyway."
"Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That's the hardest part and that's what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow."
"Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly."
"The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur."
"What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on."
"When I step on the mat I know there is no other place I'd rather be."
"At every moment, step by step, one must confront what one is thinking and saying with what one is doing, what one is."
"Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it."
"No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step."
"The Lord delights in every little step you take."
"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed."
"You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone."