Robert Collier Quotes

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

Robert Collier

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Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

Jennifer Egan

ResilienceBelieveSelfishClarity

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

Robert Henri

StrengthGoodBridgeLineAwayLike

I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I'm like, 'Gah, this obviously isn't a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?'

Sophie Hannah

StartBookReadingMysteryWantWhy

Classically posh girls like Victoria Hervey are now trying to be Hollywood girls. Hollywood girls are trying to be posh girls. Everything is all mixed up, turned on its head.

Trinny Woodall

TryingNowHollywoodEverythingHead

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

Tony Robbins

LifeLearningSuccessPainControl

I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.

Mary Steenburgen

WisdomWiseThinkDieKnowNow

People have been afraid of me because of the parts I played. Nobody remembers that I was the dad in 'Free Willy.'

Michael Madsen

PeopleMeFreeNobodyAfraidBeen

I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I'm still ambivalent about that. It's still an open question.

Jason Robert Brown

I AmWritingDoingAttentionWay

The whole time that I was doing the voice of Korra, I would always joke around saying that nobody's gonna give me a job as an action star or a hero. I just do silly comedy.

Janet Varney

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When you don't have equality of opportunity because you don't have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.

Joseph Stiglitz

EducationOpportunityEqualityYou

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world.

Diego Luna

ChangeMirrorChange The WorldWorld

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.

Christina Baker Kline

ChildrenLearnMoreAbandonedBeen

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