"I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star."
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"Did you have a rough month? I did :( but, you know what? There’s no time to dwell on a missed opportunity or worry about what I should’ve done or said, beating myself up & making myself miserable about my mistakes. That doesn’t work. So will take notes from that, put it behind me, move on & finish the year STRONG"
"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."
"Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves."
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."
"Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears."
"Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness."
"To get people to notice you, you must be unique. If I were invisible, everybody would see me for who I am as a person."
"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."
"Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow."
"Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence."
"Would women find vampires even sexier and more romantic if instead of fangs they had rose thorns? It’s thoughts like these I think of when digging in my garden, looking for my one true love (If only I could remember where I buried her!)."
"Success is knowing your God given life purpose and pursuing it Passionately, Persistently, and Consistently until you die."
"A very wise man once told me that you can't look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future."
"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her.Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."
"Office Depot: Taking Care of Business... ...with short breaks, bad management and no job advancement opportunities."
"Enough [10w] Enough's the only thing most people can't get enough of."
"I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this."
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