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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted t

I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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Italians know about human nature – they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it. – Donna Leon

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Famous pivot stories are often failures but you dont need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change is strategy without a change in vision. Whenever entrepreneurs see a new way to achieve their vision – a way to be more successful – they have to remain nimble enough to take it. – Eric Ries

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I kept saying that Id never live in L.A., and I didnt think I would. But thats where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when youre famous, its hard to live in a small town. – John Cusack

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You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers. – Clive Anderson

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Famous people come up to me, but I dont know who they are because my sight is so bad. Its always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I dont have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. – Helena Bonham Carter

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