I started with shoes, and with hard work and discipline, the business prospered. I moved to the department store business and again, things went well.

You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.

I have always believed that if we do well, we must also do something to help others in society.

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I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

I always think that when we actors talk about the films that we've done we run the risk of destroying everything.

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.

I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first celebrity who was brave enough to open up his private life to the public. He was the first.

Photographs furnish evidence. Something we hear about, but doubt, seems proven when we're shown a photograph of it.

I used to entertain myself - I taught myself to use stilts and juggle and ride a unicycle. But I was never immediately interested in theatre.

It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem.

Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.