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Talent is only the starting point.

— Irving Berlin

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  1. Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importan…
  2. The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
  3. Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
  4. There's an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
  5. Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
  6. There's no business like show business.'
  7. A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
  8. All good song-writers have no more than half a dozen good tunes in their systems, and if they have that many, they are liberally blessed.

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  • effort
  • success
  • talent
  • work

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