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"What must underlie successful epidemics, in the end, is a bedrock belief that change is possible, that people can radically transform their behavior or beliefs in the face of the right kind of impetus."
"It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do."
"I don't know if I have any regrets, I have had a pretty successful life. I have learned good, bad, and ugly."
"One of my favorite writers is short story writer/essayist Jorge Luis Borges, who was blind. I'm not claiming to be anything remotely resembling a talent of Borges' caliber, but he is an inspiration and a proof that one can be a meaningful and successful writer while blind."
"A show that's been successful that been on a while, chances are it's going to stay that way. At least it's going to maintain some kind of standard. But when a show begins, there's no telling. Even after 13 shows or a whole year, you don't know what will become of it."
"It is curious how vanity helps the successful man and wrecks the failure."
"I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most."
"Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization."
"I spent all my time in the clouds or the dirt and that is why I think I’m successful"
"As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame."
"The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions"
"A successful day for me is when I teach people something. They become enlightened by an idea and learn how to think about it, so that later on when someone says, "Tell me about x, y, z," they don't have to say, "I know this because Tyson told me." No, they'll say, "Here's why it's true because I know and understand it.""
"I know that the way to be a really successful writer is to write the same kind of book over and over again. Find the kind of thing that people like and just write one of those over and over again. I don't do that. I just keep doing different things."
"Once again, I've been thwarted by the massive difference between my vision of the successful me and the me I'm currently stuck with."
"The best part of getting to do what you like is just doing it. That doesn't have to do with being famous or even successful or even powerful. I see people in life who are just doing a job and seem to be having a good time. And that's the trick."
"And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful."
"I just like the process of taking something written on a sheet of paper and giving it life and shape. I like the collaborative process of filmmaking, which is all simply to say that I love my work and I would continue to look for things that have the potential to be engaging and successful."
"I revisited some music that I had written for Miles Devis. I used to work with Miles in the '80s. We did an album - "Tutu," that was really successful for Miles, and a couple of years ago we did "Tutu Revisited," and this is where we played the music from "Tutu." But I knew Miles would absolutely hate it if we just got on the stage and played the music the same way we did it in the '80s."
"People really love 'Madea' movies and get a kick out of them. They're phenomenally successful. People get excited when a new one's coming out."
"I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question."
