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Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.Suzy Kassem
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Be willing to give, but only when you aren't expecting anything in return.Criss Jami
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We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.Anthony Liccione
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You have to choose whether to go to a restless sleep or to stay awake and fight for a blissful night rest.Michael Bassey Johnson
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The best thing that ever happened to you might be your new job, spouse, awards, etc, but I tell you that being granted to live in order to enjoy these things are wonderful privileges most people can't get.Michael Bassey Johnson
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We have potential. Who needs medals? I'd rather have potential than medals any day.Unknown
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I'm always involved with the Aerospace Program and NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center. And if kids feel so inclined, they can log onto NASA and the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award, which we present every year to some of the brilliant young minds that are taking up into the academics of space, science, technology, math.Peter Cullen
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In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.Linda Fiorentino
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Before 'Titanic, ' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.Kate Winslet
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The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.John Kenneth Galbraith
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I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.Jake Bugg
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I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.John Hawkes
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Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.Denzel Washington
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Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.Paul Feig