#succes

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

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I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics. ↗

— Carrot Top

#bothers #comics #different #especially #fact

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. ↗

— James Thurber

#dog #down #dragged #frequently #his

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ↗

— Mark Twain

#crank #idea #new #new idea #person

Extra miles, extensive preparation and exhaustive efforts usually show astonishing results. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#heart #successful #you #your

It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. ↗

— Epictetus

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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. ↗

— James Thurber

#appreciative #audience #cannot #chuckle #comedy

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

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