"For everyone of us that succeeds, it's..." - Quote by Oprah Winfrey
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
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“I made the decision I will own my own show. So never again will I ever be told what I can and can not do.”
“Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.”
“A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.”
More on Success
“A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
“As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.”
“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
More on Mentorship
“I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.”
“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better. My job is to pull things together from different parts of the company and clear the ways and get the resources for the key projects. And to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better, coming up with more aggressive visions of how it could be.”
“What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them as our understudies. I told them, "You have to be off book and be ready. If Viola [Davis] has to leave you have to jump in."”