It is important to do what you don't know how to do. It is important to see your skills as keeping you from learning what is deepest and most mysterious. If you know how to focus, unfocus. If your tendency…

Quote by Carlos Casteneda

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You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing...

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their...

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their...

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than...

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with...

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...

Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky

Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

Keep good company and you shall be of the number

Keep good company and you shall be of the number

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she...

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she...

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there...

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...