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There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

I came into the business where Will Smith was pretty much taking over the world - or defending it, if you will. He was showing success on so many different fronts - television, recording, movies. So that was really my prototype in terms of looking at the business and seeing where you fit in.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

In 1956, the success of the Hammer films kick-started my career. That immediately gave me a name and a face to go with it. I will always be grateful to Hammer for that.

The film 'Back to the Future' certainly did a lot to put me where I am today, and I did not foresee that. I just was hoping the film would open successfully, the first one, but it's gone way beyond what I think most of us have imagined.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

I think beta males on an evolutionary basis are much more successful than the alpha males are. You don't hear much about us, but there's a lot more of us out there.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

But 'Memento' was so successful, such a huge cult hit, almost on the scale of a large film. If that had happened, with all the acclaim, before the next job, I'd have found it very difficult to figure out what to do next.

I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze.

4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.

If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

He was a patient man, a kind man, a man who cared about animals and human beings, all qualities not to be devalued, but James Herriot was not a saint. I tried so hard to play against some of the scripts that implied that he was a saint, but I don't think I was always altogether successful.

Successful negotiation is not about getting to 'yes'; it's about mastering 'no' and understanding what the path to an agreement is.

Emotions aren't the obstacles to a successful negotiation; they are the means.

In a job negotiation, the implementation of that deal is your success that also causes the company to succeed.

As a negotiator, you should strive for a reputation of being fair. Your reputation precedes you. Let it precede you in a way that paves success.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success.

I see social mobility and equality of opportunity as really successful Canadian values.

In America, we have equated personal business success with public virtue.