Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself
Interpretation
Jealousy is unproductive; focus on your own journey and progress.
In this quote, Baz Luhrmann emphasizes the futility of jealousy, reminding us that life is a long, often unpredictable race where our only true competition is ourselves. Rather than comparing ourselves to others and feeling envy, it is more beneficial to concentrate on our personal growth and achievements.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation.
God ever works with those who work with will.
It's like a muscle - if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don't keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.
You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Follow your path, and let the people talk.
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