I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull classic rock, classic stuff into immediately, it seemed like, Iron Maiden and stuff like that. The first Iron Maiden record and then, obviously, the first Metallica record. - Phil Anselmo

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I think the secret is to understand that you still want to be part of the game. To do so, you have to forget all the victories you've managed to get in the previous years and have a great humility. You also need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home. ― Valentino Rossi

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Nothing will work unless you do. — Maya Angelou

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Dreams are lovely. But they are dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. — Shonda Rhimes

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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. — Michelangelo

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You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. — George Horace Lorimer

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When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful. ― DJ Khaled

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Your first purpose is to find a purpose for yourself. And your second purpose must not immediately be trying to reach that purpose you found but to investigate thoroughly whether that purpose is really necessary for yourself or whether it is worth at all to struggle for it! Because millions are fighting for a purpose which will in no way make them happy at the end! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

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He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest. — Dylan Thomas

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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. — Harry Golden

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