“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them.” FirstsTodayPrayerMeditationTestsTest Of TimeMeditation And Prayer Author:Michael Beckwith
“But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsSchoolThreeCasesTeacherStupidLowsExpectationsTestsThree YearsYou Re StupidLow ExpectationsI Was Stupid Author:Robert Sternberg
“The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.” FirstsLongI CanRoomsWallTestsReactionsAbstractHanging On Author:Bill Vaughan