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The NFL is a performance-based business, so you should have to perform to earn some of your money. At the same time, I realize that my success isn't just because of what I do out there.

Hats off to Julian and Johnny, the producers, for sticking to their guns with the five-season story arc of 'Merlin'. It would have been too easy to give in to demand and stretch the show on beyond their original plan because of its incredible success.

That's me: success and failure don't affect me.

The purpose of making a successful film is to blend entertainment with social content.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

The only reason I have any success at all in my career is because of the Internet.

The beauty of the media business is all about what is next. You put your mistakes behind you. Learn from them and move on to the next project. Having some degree of success is integral to a risk-taking balance.

In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk taking is essential for success. No one said it was easy.

In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk-taking is essential for success.

Successful shows will always generate great business deals in the future.

We knew that bringing a level of entertainment value to the subject of history was the key to our success.

I think people take for granted the success of the original content at A&E Networks and in building brands. People have selective memory on how long that takes.

I once drove a pair of horses from New York to Vicksburg, and to this day I can almost map out that country as I saw it then, with its hills and valleys, villages and rivers. Yes, I naturally attribute something of my success in railroad building to the interest I take in such things.

Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.

You have to learn how to read contracts, how to position yourself, and about marketing. That is why you find the most successful artists are the ones who can mix creativity with business.

When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.

My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.

My life has been a series of successes and failures. As much as I have succeeded, I have also failed.

A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.

Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.

The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.