You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions.
Keep your enemies in front of you.
We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.
I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.
I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
Haters keep on hating, cause somebody's gotta do it.
You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting.
I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.
I was like, 'I want to start a blog to get my ideas out and keep my brain working so in five years I'm not an idiot.'
If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
You have to keep surprising your audience.
Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now.
I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids.
I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work.
I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.
Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle.
It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
I'm not a gym rat. I've got a gym membership, but my schedule is so crazy I just can't keep it regular.
I keep things pretty simple.
I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.
I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.
In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.
As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.
Once you get everything out of your head about what everybody else is going to think, will radio play it - and I hope they do, I really do - once you shed all of that and just be who you are, that's who I am. That's taken a lot of growing up. I've come into myself musically and as a woman, and I hope to keep growing. If you don't grow, you die.
I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs.
I keep everything that's private private.
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
You don't need a big close, as many sales reps believe. You risk losing your customer when you save all the good stuff for the end. Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
One should always try to do the best you possibly can. I'm not in a race to the finish line - I won't put anything out until it's completely ready. You want to keep it special and unique for the customer.
They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
