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When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.'
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.
Trump bankrupted six companies but succeeded on the biggest of stages. He is the champion of failures.
I was never money conscious. I would never have succeeded if I thought I was going to be a millionaire.
Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.
I have tried to bring the family together. My father should have done it, and to some extent, I have succeeded.
The U.S. has always sought to sow intrigue against Iran but has never succeeded in the face of Iran's greatness.
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent.
'Villain' succeeded because we were genuinely working towards a good film. We worked hard and with a lot of conviction.
When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have learned from that.
I love all of my books. They were labors of love; I was striving to create something well done, and I do feel I succeeded.
At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.
Winning a championship, really - that's the main goal, so if you don't do that then you can't really say that you succeeded.
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.
Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.
I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.
We're never going to please everyone, but all the great Jewish comics have succeeded through irreverence and self deprecation.
It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.
As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.
I look up to so many powerful women who succeeded before me and I'm here doing my thing to inspire women who will come after me.
Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.
To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.
To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.
One reason Zipcar succeeded was its branding: cool, hip, smart, urban, fun, innovative. Who wouldn't want to be associated with that?
The English Channel is such a narrow little puddle, you cannot help wondering why no invader has succeeded in crossing it since 1066.
I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.
I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.
If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
I'm not wedded to covering the markets. I'm intrigued by the markets. If I can connect Main Street with Wall Street, then I've succeeded.
Qwiki is a game changer. The team has succeeded in creating an entirely new media format that will drastically improve the web experience.
I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan.
From Drew Barrymore to Robert Downey Jr., there's a long list of people who have faced their troubles, wildly overcome them, and succeeded.
Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading.
I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
I think I've succeeded more by learning what needed to be done next and getting help in getting it done. I was just very focused and impatient.
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
I never had a proper modeling career. It was not something I succeeded in. Once I started acting, that's when the fashion world kind of embraced me.
If I can have a career based on playing roles that are a challenge and tell an important story, and for no alternative reason, then I have succeeded.
While China succeeded in transferring nearly 150 million people from agriculture to manufacturing, we could not do so, due to lack of skilled manpower.
I don't know any nation on Earth that succeeded in creating a strong middle class with rising wages based on building a stronger and bigger government.
France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.
This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.
I think I succeeded in getting the Egyptian people excited about the importance of science, and this is the only way Egypt can get out of this dark ages.