You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

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It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

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Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.

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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

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Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.

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