"I like the scientific spirit-the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine-it always keeps the way beyond open."
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"Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way."
"Music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music."
"For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around."
"In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late."
"My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way."
"A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way."
"I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work."
"The only way to create change in anyone`s psychology or belief system is to show them the consequences of their actions - or inaction."
"Success is not something you achieve, conquer, climb, or complete. Success is a process; it's a way of life."
"People act on the outside the way they feel on the inside."
"If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public."
"Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick."
"My big fear is that if I act the way I am, people will notice that there is nothing to see. So I have to be active all the time, covering up."
"You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!"
"Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?"
"You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers."
"Some mistakes will be made along the way. That's good. Because some decisions are being made along the way. We'll find the mistakes. We'll fix them."
"Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way."