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• The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

  Bob Riley

  Fighting, Simple, Government

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• I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn't so confident in other areas.

  Mia Hamm

  Athleticism, Given, Term

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• I set out to be the best and I am.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Being The Best

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• A very little little let us do
  And all is done.

  William Shakespeare

  Done, Littles, Action

  William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.458

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• Whenever I eat at a restaurant I never put the napkin in my lap. People say, 'Hannibal, why don't you put the napkin in your lap?' Because I believe in myself. I believe in my ability to not spill food in my pants 'cause I'm a goddamn adult. And I've mastered the art of getting food from my plate to my mouth without messing up my jeans. You need to believe in yourself, too and get your life together, that's for babies. Have some confidence in your eating abilities and hand/eye coordination.

  Hannibal Buress

  Baby, Art, Believe

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• When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.

  Terence Stamp

  Rough Edges, Kind, Certainty

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• I am iron butterfly ... / I am she/we / of flesh / and iron / and silk wings, / healing, flying / into a gentle blue sky.

  Janice Mirikitani

  Healing, Butterfly, Wings

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• You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.

  Marijane Meaker

  Men, Matter, Want

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• confidence is a choice ... to act, or to do, or to decide.

  Katty Kay

  Choices

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• we found that success correlates more closely with confidence than it does with competence. Yes, there is evidence that confidence is more important than ability when it comes to getting ahead. This came as particularly unsettling news to us, having spent our own lives striving toward competence.

  Katty Kay

  Important, Doe, News

  Katty Kay, Claire Shipman (2014). “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions.

  Vivian Gornick

  Self, Faces, Contradiction

  Vivian Gornick (1978). “Essays in feminism”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• in this curious world there are certain beings to whom it is given to say of all things with naïve faith, not 'I shall seek,' but 'I shall find.

  Katherine Cecil Thurston

  World, Curious, Given

  Katherine Cecil Thurston (2008). “Max (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.130, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Skills, Silence, Comedian

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• The unlived life is not worth examining. ... Self-awareness, self-examination, self-consciousness are for the quiet moments. In the arena they are paralyzing. The self must not be held out of the arena until living skills have been learned.

  Jo Coudert

  Quiet Moments, Self, Skills

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• I think the biggest challenge I have faced is that I have struggled most of my life with often crippling depression which has sometimes if not keeping me off stage kept me from writing regularly and with any kind of confidence.

  Gary Gulman

  Writing, Thinking, Challenges

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• I don't come on to seduce the audience. I don't care if everyone laughs. I can't think about that anymore. If there's anything that a lot of experience on stage and a lot of stage time gives you is the confidence to know that it's ok if they're not laughing every second you're up there. Although that's what drives me and I still go too fast a lot of the time.

  Greg Proops

  Thinking, Giving, Laughing

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• False humility is thinly veiled ego disguised as self confidence.

  Dov Davidoff

  Humility, Self, Ego

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• It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

  Patricia Wentworth

  Power, Men, World

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• I recently had double-bypass surgery. As they wheel you in, the doctor always gives you a last look. You know that look. That look of confidence to make you feel good. I always say to every doctor, If I don't make it, I'll never know it.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Doctors, Giving, Feel Good

  "Rodney Dangerfield: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Be as just and gracious unto me,
  As I am confident and kind to thee.

  William Shakespeare

  Kind, Thee, Gracious

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.189, Oxford University Press

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• If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

  Jean Sibelius

  Honor, Attention, World

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• The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

  Alan Cohen

  Love, Self Worth, Affair

  Alan Cohen (2006). “Relax Into Wealth: How to Get More by Doing Less”, p.46, Penguin

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• Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

  Brené Brown

  Believe, Giving, Self Acceptance

  "Brené Brown's Top 4 Life Lessons". www.oprah.com.

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• If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Mean, Self

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• Winning becomes easier over time as the cornerstones of confidence become habits.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Winning, Habit, Easier

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