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"Never stop pushing for what you want! If something is truly important to you, stay diligent and find a way. Depending on whom you ask, the answer may be different. Never settle for the first answer! Do your own research, ask different people, go above other people's head if you have to. Sometimes it's necessary to push the envelope. Some people will purposely give you the wrong answer to try to stop you and/or hold you back. This, unfortunately, is a reality. Some people's intentions are all wrong. Be mindful that not everyone will have your best interest at heart."

"There is always the potential to manage every element of your reality."

"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."

"We don't like to admit it, but the idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. All truly civilized people " the ancients no less than us " have civilized themselves through the wilful repression of the old, animal self."
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"It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered."

"Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome."

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

"Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs."

"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."
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