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Maxwell Maltz Quotes

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Maxwell Maltz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 10, 1889 - April 7, 1975

Topics

Life Happiness Courage Ideas Living

With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.

Jim Coleman

Music Help House Create Mood Listen

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

Jenny Shipley

Women Progress New Own Zealand Made

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.

Andres Serrano

Color Political Born Person Act

There are a lot of actors who try to get records made and try to make record deals, and everybody goes, 'Ugh.' It used to be expected in the entertainment business. I mean look at Sinatra, Bing Crosby. All these guys started out as singers.

John Mellencamp

Business Look Entertainment Try Mean

My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what we think is scientific fact is about as scientific as the idea that the sun revolves around the earth.

Amy Bloom

Sun Think Surprise Common Sense Just

Pub life was such a huge part of growing up for me, going to pubs and being around them. It made me who I am today.

Rory O'Malley

Life Today I Am Me Growing Up Up

Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.

Mary Oliver

Writing Sometimes Group Strange Up

The most valuable investment we can make is in our children's education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.

Martin O'Malley

Education Opportunity Children Learn

A huge part of youth is how you behave: I'm always looking for fun and anything that makes me feel alive - that in itself keeps me feeling young.

Martine McCutcheon

Fun Me Youth Looking Feel You

This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story.

Michel Hazanavicius

Fun Me Saying Story Language You

What good is power if there's no connection point? My entire style's built around that actual basis.

Dominick Cruz

Good Power Style Connection Point

Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving.

Deborah Moggach

Free Thinking Driving Street Way