And indeed if you think ...

And indeed if you think you\'re a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you\'re no good, you\'re not going to get anywhere.
And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.
 Diana Wynne Jones

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
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 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
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 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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 Colin Powell
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
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 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
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 Winston Churchill

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As often happened, Charmain began to despair of getting her mother to understand. She's not stupid, she just never lets her mind out, she thought.
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 Diana Wynne Jones
Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest
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 Diana Wynne Jones
Imagination doesn’t just mean making things up. It means thinking things through, solving them, or hoping to do so, and being just distant enough to be able to laugh at things that are normally painful. Head teachers would call this escapism, but they would be entirely wrong. I would call fantasy the most serious, and the most useful, branch of writing there is. And this is why I don’t, and never would, write Real Books.
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 Diana Wynne Jones
You are a terror, aren't you? Leave this yard alone. I know just where everything is in it, and I won't be able to find the things I need for my transport spells if you tidy them up.'So there was probably a bundle of souls or a box of chewed hearts somewhere out here, Sophie thought. She felt really thwarted. 'Tidying up is what I'm here for!' she shouted at Howl. 'Then you must think of a new meaning for your life,' Howl said.
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 Diana Wynne Jones
One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.
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 Diana Wynne Jones