Vladimer Botsvadze quote: “By looking forward, I've become an influencer, a speaker at the global agencies, and I've built success from scratch.”

“I've never heard an agency say: "Unless you industrialize I will not support you."”

Yoweri Museveni (1944) President of Uganda

As quoted in "President Museveni Highlights Ugandan Achievements for Americans: Ugandan leader proud of political opening, economic growth in his country" https://web.archive.org/web/20050927025054/http://news.findlaw.com/wash/s/20050923/200509231521551.html (23 September 2005), by Jim Fisher-Thompson, Washington File, FindLaw
2000s

“I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I've done, I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot. … I think they're sacrifices. I think when I can employ thousands and thousands of people, take care of their education, take care of so many things, even in military. I mean, I was very responsible, along with a group of people, for getting the Vietnam Memorial built in downtown Manhattan, which to this day people thank me for.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

2010s, 2016, July, This Week Interview (July 30, 2016)

“I am absolutely sickened with and demoralized by this life, I've been leading for so long. When you get to my age, there is nothing more to look forward to.”

Claude Monet (1840–1926) French impressionist painter

Quote in a letter to , September 1879; as cited in The Private Lives of the Impressionists Sue Roe; Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, pp. 202-203; also partly cited in: Jane Kinsman, Michael Pantazzi, National Gallery of Australia. Degas: the uncontested master, National Gallery of Australia, 7 apr. 2009. p. 25
1870 - 1890
Context: I am absolutely sickened with and demoralized by this life, I've been leading for so long. When you get to my age, there is nothing more to look forward to. Unhappy we are, unhappy we'll stay. Each day brings its tribulations and each day difficulties arise... So I'm giving up the struggle once and for all, abandoning all hope of success... I hear my friends are preparing another exhibition this year [the Impressionists, in Paris, 1880] but I'm ruling out the possibility of participating in it, as I just don't have anything worth showing.

“I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

"The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992

“I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.”

Richard Griffiths (1947–2013) British actor

Observer interview (2005)

“The tragic youth was going down on me
(…)
I've been right and I've been wrong
Now I'm back where I started from
Never looked over reality's shoulder”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

"Reality"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

“Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

“Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell…I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal.”

Blake Lewis (1981) American musician

["'Hot Guy of the Week': American Idol's Blake Lewis", http://usmagazine.com/hot_guy_blake_lewis, May 21, 2007, 2007-06-02, US Weekly]
In interviews

“The language of the internet is English, and an overwhelming proportion of the global computer chatter also originates from America, influencing the content of global conversation.”

Zbigniew Brzeziński book The Grand Chessboard

Source: The Grand Chessboard (1997), Chapter 1, Hegemony Of A New Type, p. 25.

“My goal in life is to make people think. If I do that, I've been a success.”

Charles A. Reich (1928–2019) American lawyer

As quoted in "'Greening of America' author to present lecture series" in the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, Vol. 29, No. 4 (29 September 2000) http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v29.n4/story3.html

“By looking forward, I've become an influencer, a speaker at the global agencies, and I've built success from scratch.”

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