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"There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking."
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"The whole world's effort of working hard goes to waste. Just as the bull [that turns the wheels on the oil mill] gets a piece of oil-cake (as a reward), the wife gives the husband a piece of handvo (savory lentil and rice cake), and so the work continues. All day long, one is producing like the bull in the oil mill."

"You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges."

"Due to your merit karma, your efforts will bring you success and when the merit karma is expended, your efforts will bring in losses."

"While real sacrifice is committed to the result, it relishes the effort."

"There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer."

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."

"If only one person can do it, you cannot do it, if two people can do it, you can do it too."
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"Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it."

"I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it."

"I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft."

"I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest."

"If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like."

"I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject."
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