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I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

Sylvester Stallone

When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Hurt Inspirational Life Scare See Yourself
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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Blow Myself Rejection Treat Wake Up
I’m the Hiroshima of love.
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Love One Liner
When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn’t expect me in comedies or musicals.
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Character Comedy End Musician Myself People Play Try
I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.
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Actor Artist Better Myself Painting Thinking
I’m a big believer that, in life, we can’t succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.
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Believe Big Lose Success Time
The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can’t change. After I die, I’ll probably come back as a paintbrush.
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Artist Change Death Happiness Paint Yourself
The only thing that I haven’t done is perform brain surgery on myself. I’ve been very, very lucky. I’ve spared Shakespeare undue stress by not doing that.
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Myself Performance Stress Surgery
We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it’s a metaphorical battle all of the time.
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Battle Life Race Struggle Time Way
Remember the mind is your best muscle, BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains. Ride the brain train for success.
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Best Brain Inspirational Mindset Remember Ride Smart Train Yourself
Every generation has to find their own heroes.
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Finding Generation Hero
I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
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Border Fear Height Myself
The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
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Character Hollywood Success Way
A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
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Generosity Man Myself Violence
I love being verbal in films.
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Love Movie Myself
Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.
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Game Golf Play Try
No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.
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Endurance Fight Hard Inspirational Life Move Oneself Suffering Win Yourself
Study people’s success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
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Failure Hard People Story Success
I have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.
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Best Creations Creator Myself People Reason Regret Thinking Writing
People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
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Fire Kind People Retirement Sight Yourself
That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
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Burden Pride Reputation
I’m not a genetically superior person. I built my body.
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Body Built Exercise Myself Person
To me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then, writing will be an imperfect form of communication.
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Communication Myself Perfection Word Writing
I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really their news reports. They let you know how their country is going through their eyes, and about their experiences in the everyday shock of growing up.
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Experience Growth Music Myself News Report Thinking Watch
When crossing someone’s borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.
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Border Brutal Cross Engagement Preparation Territory
Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that’s a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It’s how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.
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Action Formula Interesting Revenge
I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God’s Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.
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Guidance Realization Spiritual Thinking Time Yourself

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

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I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

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