Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

I've always been hard on myself, so I expect so much out of myself that that pressure can be inspiring at time.

One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside".

Successful people spend 10% of their time focused on the problems and 90% of the rest, focused on the solution.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

We need to pay attention to the whole space - every room, chair and table - so it feels uplifting and inspiring.

A man's real education begins after he has left school. True education is gained through the discipline of life.

I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

I just can't sit down and write three verses and a chorus and a bridge anymore. It just don't find it inspiring.

Tunings are wonderfully inspiring, and it helps you to write music. If I'm stuck, you know, I change the tuning.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

Storytime is over, Rock. Every time you want to 'bring it,' because it belongs to me, I'm just going to take it!.

Every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree.

There are two types of people: The ones who give you 50 reasons it can't be done ... and the ones who just do it.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

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