in Quotes & Aphorisms (Success)
I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me: "How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?"
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I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me: "How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?"
The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.
In my business you cant trust anyone because you don't know who's your friend. Becoming successful means you become a prisoner.
I have always maintained my innocence, and vehemently denied that these events ever took place. I reluctantly chose to settle the false claims only to end the terrible publicity and to continue with my life and career.
Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste.
I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
With success all around me, I can still feel her frightened eyes looking out of mine. She keeps saying, "I never lived, I was never loved," and often I get confused and think it's I who am saying it.
Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures: that is devishly hard! But only thence does the road lead to a radically new insight into the mysterious gravity of my existence as an uncertain enterprise and to its transcendental meaning.