I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Barbara BushRead
You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Interpretation
Success is a result of deliberate effort and building relationships rather than mere chance.
This quote emphasizes that achieving success and forming meaningful relationships is not simply a matter of luck; rather, it requires intentional effort and a step-by-step approach. Whether in personal or professional life, one must actively cultivate connections and seize opportunities through dedication and hard work.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career growth.
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses what it has. There is no cure for the first but success and there is no cure at all for the second. The very worst of my vices and bad habits will abate of themselves if they are brought to an accounting every day.
Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.
That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.
I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because itβs so rarely in the hands of women.
I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative. I was a PA for a long time. I was working as an assistant editor on 'Iron Chef America' when I got 'SNL.' It was one of those situations where you're concentrating in one thing and the peripheral thing popped.
In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, and there's only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can't compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.
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