Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
Walking Proud
Lyrics, My Story
Amiga Music Preservation interview, 2006
Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
Walking Proud
Lyrics, My Story
“I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948) Soviet-American dancer, choreographer, and actor born in Letonia, Soviet Union
“I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.”
Sachin Tendulkar (1973) A former Indian cricketer from India and one of the greatest cricketers ever seen in the world
Sachin cannot play the helicopter shot like Dhoni, hit sixes like Sehwag, play an innings like Dravid or be a captain like Ganguly. But no one can be as good as him in what he does. http://www.storypick.com/quotes-by-tendulkar/
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“I myself won't do anything, but I won't stop anyone else from acting.”
Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948) German field marshal
September 1938. Quoted in "Plotting Hitler's Death: The Story of German Resistance" - Page 128 - by Joachim C. Fest - 1997
“If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me.”
Peter Sellers (1925–1980) British film actor, comedian and singer
As quoted in The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols (2007) by James Robert Parish, p. 95