Successful Quotes - Page 11

• I've been very fortunate, because I've been involved in things that very often lead to obscurity. I was in some pictures that were not successful whatsoever. I think people admire persistence. People notice that I'm still there.

  Christopher Walken

  Persistence, Thinking, People

  Source: www.donshewey.com

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• When I started my goal was to make a successful underground movie. I started making movies in the mid-60s. Underground cinema then only lasted about two or three years.

  John Waters

  Two, Years, Goal

  Interview with Jonathan Ross, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 1998.

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• If you're in a successful play and the play is working well - I mean successful because the audiences like it, the audiences respond well - it's a pleasure.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Mean, Play, Pleasure

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• 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.

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Writing, People

  Interview with Phillip Duncan, www.dvdtalk.com.

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• After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only one that panned out was a small bank, an old Scottish firm with London offices in Pall Mall. I was a director. We sold out to a larger bank. That was the only successful venture I've had, apart from acting.

  Sean Connery

  Office, Brain, Acting

  "Sean Connery Learns 'The Chicago Way'". Interview with Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com. September 21, 1986.

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• I have had extreme ups and downs. The biggest thing I learned after I broke my wrist is to never give up. Nothing in life will ever come easy. It depends on how you deal with those obstacles and how you overcome those obstacles. If you can overcome them, you're a stronger person. If you make mistakes along the way, as long as you never make that same mistake again, you're a successful person.

  Michael Phelps

  Giving Up, Mistake, Long

  Source: www.parenting.com

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• Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.

  Kevin Spacey

  Winning, Awards, Talent

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights - by attempting to placate aggression.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Rights, Taught Us

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959”, p.276, Best Books on

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• I don't think ambition was ever my strong suit. I always wanted to be successful, because you want to be good at what you do, but I've definitely always enjoyed playing a supporting part. I really enjoy the success of others.

  Selma Blair

  Strong, Ambition, Thinking

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• The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with.

  Peter Berg

  Fun, People, Focus

  "Peter Berg Talks BATTLESHIP, the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Movie, and the Upcoming NBC Series PRIME SUSPECT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 01, 2011.

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• If first of all you have a wrong idea, then it's kind of wasting time. No matter how hard that you try with a wrong idea, it makes it difficult to be successful.

  Stephen Chow

  Ideas, Trying, Matter

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The biggest thing you need to be successful with it is a quarterback who wants to be involved in the decision-making process and not just merely want to execute plays sent in to him.

  Tony Dungy

  Play, Decision, Needs

  Interview with Aaron Schatz, www.footballoutsiders.com. May 11, 2010.

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• The pop culture has become more frenetic. There are more forces at work that are far more invasive. However, I think it would be perfectly doable to defend ones loved ones from some of the harsher aspects of public life. You’re not going to be a 100% successful. But you can see when it’s on purpose. It’s so blatantly easy to avoid at times and you can tell when it was unavoidable.

  Mel Gibson

  Thinking, Would Be, Culture

  "Exclusive: Mel Gibson Finally Talks". Interview with Allison Hope Weiner, deadline.com. September 20, 2012.

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• Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. I never know how successful a movie is going to be - when you make a movie you're always hoping for the best.

  Christopher Walken

  Work Out, Sometimes, Hoping For The Best

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• Work! Look at the secrets to success, look at your family, your community, your culture, take a look at what they have done to be successful and don't fool yourself. Don't think that you are going to get success on discount.

  Eric Thomas

  Thinking, Community, Secret

  "Daily Word: Happy Holidays!! (You Have to Want Success As Bad As You Want To Breathe!!)". Interview with Ash Cash, allhiphop.com. December 25, 2012.

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• Every project for me is a risk that I bet on. I believe my senses, and hopefully it will be successful. But sometimes you make it, and sometimes you fail.

  Stephen Chow

  Believe, Risk, Sometimes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The ebb and flow as an artist is a bizarre experience, for sure. I was lucky enough to become successful pretty young - in late '79, 1980 - with a body of work that got recognized and became an archetype.

  Robert Longo

  Artist, Ebb And Flow, Body

  Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.

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• Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sports, Football, Teacher

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• No one is going to give it to you. Spend everyday getting better and focus on that which you can control, let everything else fall into place. You can't stay focused on what you can get from success, but rather focus on becoming successful!

  Rob Dyrdek

  Fall, Giving, Focus

  FaceBook post by Rob Dyrdek from Feb 15, 2013

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• You never know how a film will play, whether it will be successful or not, or whether it will touch the audience. I always said to myself that whatever happens, big audience or small, that I would not let the results have an impact on my way of working. But it would be a bit silly for me to change my methods when I have a big success. That means my methods work well.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Silly, Mean, Play

  Source: www.midnighteye.com

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• I was not the commander, I was a junior person, so once both were outside, I followed my leader, because we (NASA) had not put together detailed jobs of people outside. I believe it could have been improved. But it was very successful for what it was.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Jobs, Believe, People

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 08, 2014.

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• I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.

  Kevin Spacey

  Player, Important, Records

  Source: www.skyword.com

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• It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have writer spouses.

  Heidi Julavits

  Thinking, Two, House

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you're working and you're busy and you're successful, no matter what, something suffers, whether it's your relationship with your mother, your relationship with your whole family. Certain things suffer and take the back burner, not because they're on the back burner in your heart but because the world just moves so quickly. A lot of people, when they're chasing their dreams, they have to leave people they love.

  Nicki Minaj

  Mother, Dream, Moving

  Source: www.complex.com

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• No matter how successful the remake is, it seems to me it's forgotten quickly after and it's the original that still lives on.

  Rob Zombie

  Matter, Forgotten, Remakes

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