Staying Quotes - Page 40

• Building a successful company (or living a happy life, for that matter) is not about embracing someone else's philosophy, but staying true to your own beliefs about the world and learning from the mistakes you make along the way.

  Ben Parr

  Philosophy, Mistake, Successful

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• It's hard for two actors to be together. Take the traveling, for instance. It winds up being a long distance relationship, all the time, because one’s working here and one’s working there, or one’s staying at home and one’s off someplace else.

  Dennis Quaid

  Long Distance Relationship, Home, Wind

  "Dennis Quaid on Fame, Fatherhood, and His First TV Series". Interview with Dotson Rader, parade.com. September 20, 2012.

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• The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

  Chris Rock

  Love, Relationship, Keys

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• HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

  Richard Russo

  Stay Strong, Hbo, People

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• I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Thinking, Careers, Needs

  "Zuckerberg Says Amazon and Apple Are Allies, While Google’s Building “Their Own Little Version of Facebook”". Interview with Charlie Rose, allthingsd.com. November 7, 2011.

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• What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, People, Destruction

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• If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.

  Martin Scorsese

  Stay Strong, Thinking, Beautiful Day

  "Dialogue: Martin Scorsese". Interview with Todd Longwell, www.backstage.com. January 6, 2003.

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• In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at.

  Gail Simmons

  America, Tennessee, Privilege

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• I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

  Richard Simmons

  Exercise, Stay Positive, Sacred

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Hurt, Sex

  "L. M. Boyd" by Boyd, "The Sioux City Journal", p. A17, April 20, 1981.

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• One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.

  Patrick Swayze

  Alive, Chasing, One Thing

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• By staying neutral, I end up being somebody that everybody can trust. Even if they don't always agree with my decisions, they know I'm not working against them.

  Linus Torvalds

  Decision, Ends, Agree

  "The Peacemaker". Interview with David Diamond, www.wired.com. July 1, 2003.

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• My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

  Johnny Vegas

  Home, Holiday, Vacation

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• The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.

  Vera Wang

  Athlete, Years, Important

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• You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

  Booker T. Washington

  Letting Go, Stay Strong, Men

  "The Great Quotations" edited by George Seldes, (p. 641), 1971.

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• I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying 'optimistic positive.'

  Michael Weatherly

  Optimistic, Blood, Remember

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• I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'

  Orson Welles

  Regret, Mistake, Thinking

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• Actually, Katniss isn’t complaining because she has no intention of staying with the “Star Squad,” but she recognizes the necessity of getting to the Capitol before carrying out any plan.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stars, Squad, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.257, Scholastic Inc.

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• Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.

  S. E. Hinton

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• Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

  Ann Patchett

  Reading, Character, Mean

  "And the Winner Isn’t..." by Ann Patchett, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 2012.

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• Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.

  Brené Brown

  Risk, Connections, Want

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• For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Taken, Wonder

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1946, Simon and Schuster

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• Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

  Daniel Handler

  Why Not, Littles, Graves

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.156, Egmont UK

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• Her phone rang again. “What?” she snapped as she answered it. Myrnin, of course. “Are you on your way?” “No!” “Claire, there are things to do.” “Here, too,” she said. “And I’m staying here, believe me.” Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, “Bob would be very disappointed in you.” “Bob the spider?” “He looks at you like a mother, you know. I’m surprised at your lack of work ethic. Think of the example you set for—” She hung up on him and turned the phone on vibrate and relaxed in Shane’s arms.

  Rachel Caine

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

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