Phil Griffin, who happens to be the head of MSNBC, is not a liberal or progressive. I worked at MSNBC; I talked to Phil Griffin many times. I know Phil Griffin. He is not remotely progressive. All he cares about is success in his own career.
I had a lot of success, of course, but whatever was achieved was due to a group effort on the part of all the players.
Some young people can rely on a privileged background and great connections to get work experience, but I don't believe anybody can be guaranteed success nowadays.
When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.
The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.
All the time I had my success, I didn't know what I was doing. I struggled and struggled and hacked things out without any insight as to why.
The secret of my success is my hairspray.
To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.
Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.
Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.
I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial success, it'll lead you to the money that'll make you the happiest.
You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.
True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.
There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.
I will feel like a success if I raise my children to be kind and happy people.
