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“I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.”
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“I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.”
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“Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are.”
Source : Rainer Maria Rilke (1969). “Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910”, p.181, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.”
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“The abyss you stare into and that stares back at you is your reflection in the mirror - we all have it - that shadow self - that dark heart.”
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“The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.”
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“Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time”
Source : "Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure". Book by Tim Harford, 2011.
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“For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.”
Source : Eleanor Roosevelt (2016). “The Moral Basis of Democracy”, p.11, Open Road Media
