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" I'm a very competitive person, but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be, and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else, then so be it. But I don't go around comparing and contrasting myself with other actors if I can help it. It's also, I think, the key to my success. "

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" If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time. "

" Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life. "

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" Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. "

" Success, to me, is just doing things that I'm really proud of. "

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" Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. "

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" Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. "

" I'm fortunate to have success, but it was a long and challenging road, so I try to make that not be the case for other women. "

" Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war. "

" The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. "

" Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have had a lot of success in movies in the past now want to be on TV. There used to be much more of a quality division between TV and movies, and that's kind of not the case anymore. "

" There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer. "

" Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. "

" What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to please people. I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started. "

" To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success. "

" To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success. "

" I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself. "

" There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate. "

" The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream. "

" The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it. "

" The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. "

" I have no time for specialized concerns, working themes or variations that lead to mastery... I like the indefinite, the boundless; I like continual uncertainty. Other qualities may be more conducive to achievement, publicity, success; but they are all outworn - as outworn as ideologies, opinions, concepts and names for things. "

" Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success. "

" All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important. "

" How does one measure the success of a museum? "

" I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. "

" Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself. "

" Listen to clients, employees, and peers and stay open to their ideas, feedback, and answers. Doing so is vital to the success of any leader. "

" Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? "

" The mail amazes me. I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security reasons, I can only respond with a headshot and 'Dear so and so, be good. WM.' It never feels like enough. "