Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

I started my career with a loss, getting 'slapped' by life. ”

People can take, take, take from you. There are people whose profession is to do that. It's entertainment at the cost of human lives. ”

I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose. ”

It's one thing to be called certain things in the media, and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom, fighting for your life while people are calling you a devil. ”

Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter. ”

My dad came over from Ireland when he was 13 and lived on the streets, working on building sites, and has just retired from his job delivering furniture for John Lewis. My mum has had the same job for 30 years as a sales assistant at Marks and Spencer. They've always been really great; they just want me to be happy. ”

The long years of fighting Napoleon's ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an 'us-against-them' mentality. ”

Despite the ever-increasing financial pressures experienced by writers and the ever-decreasing space afforded by the media to books, writers are still willing to aim for quality and to take risks. ”

I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.' ”

No one understood why I would wanna be behind the camera, not in front of the camera, and so no one took me seriously, and people said, 'Oh, well, this is just a hobby isn't it?' and I said, 'No, I really love this. I wanna make this my career,' and I did not have a lot of support at all for many years. People just kind of thought it was a joke. ”