When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
A useless life is an early death.
A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who thinks he or she can evaluate business conditions five years from now, flunks.
Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.
An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'
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