#akin

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#failures #god #making #mistake #must

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity. ↗

— Tina Fey

#around #became #could #essentially #fifth

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#ever #extremely #job #life #making

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft. ↗

— Brian Cox

#ago #become #century #choose #craft

But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#always #been #course #difficult #disappearing

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. ↗

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

#discipline #enemy #fear #making #more

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#everything #eye #having #making #making mistakes

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#desire #fame #get #i #into

I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long! ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#careers #i #joni #like #long

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music. ↗

— Iris Dement

#feel #hear #honest #making #making money