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Samuel Smiles Quotes

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: scottish
Birth: December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904

Topics

Men Opportunities Enough Find Way

As a kid, I wanted to be a musician but also aspired to be Andy Griffith's lawyer character, Ben Matlock.

Character Lawyer Kid Musician Wanted

My well-discussed 'paranoia' urges me to believe that some tiny segment of the NSA's parsing algorithm is finely tuned to my voice.

Me Believe Voice Paranoia Algorithm

As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull and save them. But as the market remains bearish, the optimists become pessimists, quit the profession, and return to their day jobs. This is when the real professional investors re-enter the market.

Robert Kiyosaki

Day Professional New Quit Become

The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category.

Treat Partnerships Gay Virtue Bundle

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

Love Think Feelings Duty Line Own

People spend their entire lives trying to construct something to grab onto: a family, a home, a business. Rarely does anyone seem to manage to get much ground under their feet.

Family Home Business People Feet

I remember my first shin pads had the Brazilian Ronaldo on them, and I loved them.

Loved Remember First I Remember Them

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

Me Important Young Longevity Secret

I'm a head-shot photographer. I have people come to my apartment, and I take their head shots.

People Photographer Apartment Head

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

Live Moving On Past Mind Trying New

Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement.

Technology Science Hat Black Magic

The Met is such a powerful place for me because it's a natural connection between the ancient world and the modern world. And when you're dealing with ancient mythology, trying to put a modern spin on it, you really can't do much better than to call on the Met.

Me World Better Trying You Powerful

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