I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.
Neil Patrick HarrisRead
Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.
Interpretation
Luck plays a role in success, but self-reflection is essential for personal growth.
This quote reflects the balance between recognizing the role of luck in achieving success and the importance of self-reflection in one's career. Neil Patrick Harris emphasizes that even if one has been fortunate, it's crucial to continually assess one's goals and aspirations in order to pursue fulfillment and growth.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams.
I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
I enjoy darker sardonic wit more than knock-knock jokes. I spent the first healthy chunk of my career playing all-American, pleasant, average, nice people, so it's fun to have some complications there.
I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.
I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.
I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
When most people ask about a business growing, what they really mean is growing revenue, not just growing the number of people using a service. Traditional businesses would view people using your service that you don't make money from as a cost.
To go to a World Cup is a dream come true, and I can claim to have experienced that four times.
No one can guarantee you a job other than satisfied customers. That's the only thing that works. Nothing creates work other than products and services you provide that create satisfied customers.
I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.
That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O'Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.
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