It's such a capricious, strange existence, basing your life on the whims of others, and basing your ebbs and flows of confidence and lack of confidence on the fact that people either choose you or don't.
There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.
Especially with music, people want confidence.
Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.
Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.
I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability to - why don't we change this a little bit and bring it back to the script. You always discover things while shooting.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.
You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose sombre shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.
You may be right that people say: You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
Anxiety must go. It must be replaced by faith and solemn confidence in the outworking of the divine plan.
When I was a kid you didn't have Twitter or Instagram where as soon as you walk out of a building a photo of you is up within two minutes or a million people are commenting and saying nasty things. I found a different confidence because I realized that you can't base your self-worth on the opinions of others.
Women continue to reward bold moves made by men because of the confidence it displays.
My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle, it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles, and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.
I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it. . . and a bit of confidence maybe.
Everyone's a star and deserves the right to twinkle.