"One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself"

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Ed Harris

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“I confess that Magic teacheth many superfluous things, and curious prodigies for ostentation; leave them as empty things, yet be not ignorant of their causes. But those things which are for the profit of men -- for the turning away of evil events, for the destroying of sorceries, for the curing of diseases, for the exterminating of phantasms, for the preserving of life, honor, or fortune -- may be done without offense to God or injury to religion, because they are, as profitable, so necessary.”
“I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

Source : "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein, (Ch. 6), 1966.
“We must believe in free will, we have no choice.”
“Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.”

Source : Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.4, A&C Black
“When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity and throw it out the window.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from reduced inflation.”
“The worst loss you've ever experienced is the greatest gift you can have.”
“The industry is s**t, it's the medium that's great.”

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