![I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc. These are impossible demands, however, and they can never be satisfied. Letting finite others define our worth is a horrible way to live. Only the Infinite Other [God] has the authority to do this.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-am-often-tempted-to-think-of-success-in-terms-that-are-defined-by-others-recor.jpg)
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thinking two size
I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two. Carre Otis
thinking media giving
Before you can pick a social-media strategy, you have to think of your customer and what the value proposition is for them. Social media is a way to engage customers, not to give your business a 'shout out.' Carol Roth
thinking self starting-out
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. Carol Leifer
thinking use language
Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language. Carol Shields
thinking long people
Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.
thinking giving people
I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope. Carol Moseley Braun
thinking protection incumbency
I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the process.
thinking issues giving
And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.
thinking rights color
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates.
way-to-live horrible feels
I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me. Alicia Silverstone
way-to-live directors prison
I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison. Olivia Wilde
way-to-live tabloids opinion
I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live. James Salter
way-to-live betrayed generations
If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that. Tony Blair
way-to-live world firsts
If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world. Paul Thomas Anderson
way-to-live way ifs
If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me. Peter Sellers
way-to-live structure existence
If I could change the structure of existence I would do it. I could see a better way to live for everybody. Woody Allen
records singers firsts
When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record. Agnetha Faltskog
records goes-on facts
I just kinda like playing. I don't necessarily go on tour to promote my albums. I'm on the road all the time. The fact that I have a new record is out is a coincidence. David Sanborn
records bros
Get down with your old Allman Bros. records! Bryan Ferry
records may littles
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of intelligence in former histories and records, which may be as much depended on, I conclude, as anything that does not actually pass under ones own observation; and as for the little embellishments you speak of, they are embellishments, and I like them as such. Jane Austen
records made wanted
I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say. Janet Jackson
records body let-me
I would love to show my clevage and more body parts off but my record company won't let me. Britney Spears
records behinds
One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record. Asif Ali Zardari
records needs kick-ass
McCartney! Haven't met him and haven't played with him. I would LOVE to. He needs to make a kick-ass rockabilly record. Brian Setzer
records firsts easy
My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out. James Vincent McMorrow