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I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. One morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable...

Quote by Albert Camus about humor, smokers

On a more practical level, what it takes to succeed is to be self-critical enough to learn from your errors, but confident enough (arrogant enough? ) to decide that what you've got is good enough to write and, having written, good enough to send...

Quote by Orson Scott about error, good, good luck, self-control, contentment

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

Quote by Jane Austen about events, advice, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

Quote by Bette Davis about actors

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about work, things, life

That's when I decided I wanted to rap. I'd hang out on the corner where kids would be rhyming, and when I tried to get in there, I'd get dissed.

Quote by Eminem

I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States.

Quote by Richard Ernst

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

Quote by Dennis Farina about character

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about actors, contentment

Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film of this scale. Our producer decided that for the film to really work it had to be in Kenya.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about film, work

I have a sister who's kind of in the business-she does voice-overs. I think they all watch what I go through and have decided to get married and have children instead. It's a safer bet.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about voice, affair, children

I pretty well knew Dad was dying early on, and decided that I was not going to let him out of here without closing.

Quote by Peter Fonda

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about things, man

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

Quote by Larry Hagman about smokers, speed, time

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

Quote by Tom Hanks about miracle, moon, world, man

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.

Quote by Tom Hanks about age, olderness, being, people

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about school, actors

After making Titus I decided to take a year out and apart from a small part in Mission Impossible 2 which took 10 days, I went back to LA and literally tended the flowers in the garden, walked on the beach, climbed the mountains, drove my car and...

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about flowers, garden, impossible, day

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

Quote by Whitney Houston about shadow, faith

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

Quote by Whitney Houston about solitude, mother, life