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I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wan

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie

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Some people are drawn naturally – there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town. – Hugh Laurie

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Travel
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I feel like Im working on an oil rig right now. Im away from home a lot. – Hugh Laurie

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Home
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Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. Youre free of the gravity of what people think. – Hugh Laurie

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I passionately believe thats its not just what you say that counts, its also how you say it – that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it. – Alain de Botton

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When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. – Kiana Tom

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If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. – Malcolm Forbes

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I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And its funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid. – Sophia Bush

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