Confidence

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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Topic

Confidence Balls

Speaker

Tony Montana

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Confidence How to succeed Success

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Letters of Mark Twain

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Letter to Mrs. Foote. 2 Dec. 1887.

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which, for better or for worse, constitutes self-respect, is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent.

Joan Didion

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Topic

Self-respect Self-worth Confidence

Author

Joan Didion

Source

Self-respect: Its Source, Its Power Vogue

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Didion, Joan. "Self-respect: Its Source, Its Power." Vogue, 1 Aug. 1961.

Current Citation

Didion, Joan. "On Self-Respect." Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Anthony Trollope

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Topic

Confidence Believing in oneself

Speaker

The Earl

Author

Anthony Trollope

Source

The Small House at Allington

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Trollope, Anthony. "The Small House at Allington." Cornhill Magazine, 1862-1863. Monthly serial.

Current Citation

Trollope, Anthony. The Small House at Allington. Penguin Classics, 1991, ch. 32.

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

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Topic

Confidence

Speaker

Tina Fey

Source

Vogue

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Fey, Tina. "Tina Fey Thinks Jay-Z and Hilary Clinton are the Ultimate Power Couple." Youtube. Uploaded 17 Jan. 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ajjxV5WmQ

I'm not conceited-I'm convinced!

Little Richard

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Topic

Confidence Conviction Arrogance

Author

Little Richard

Source

The Arsenio Hall Show

Medium

Interview TV program

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Little Richard. The Arsenio Hall Show, written by Steven Alan Green, Paramount Domestic Television, 1990.

Keep your clothes neat and tidy; it gives you self-confidence and composure in your bearings.

Leo Tolstoy

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Topic

Clothes make the man Dressing well Clothing Confidence

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Journals of Leo Tolstoy

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Russian

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Tolstoy's Diaries, edited and translated by R. F. Christian. Vol. 1, Faber and Faber, 2010. Originally diary entry, 6 Jan. 1854.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Fake it 'til you make it Confidence

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Commencement speech. 28 June 1905, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Naturalness and ease of manner-a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.

Gustave Flaubert

Sentimental Education

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Topic

Self-assurance Confidence

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Sentimental Education

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education sentimentale [Sentimental Education]. Paris: Michel Levy, 1869, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Sentimental Education, translated by Patrick Coleman and Helen Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2016, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Topic

Taking action Fake it 'til you make it Courage Confidence Personal growth

Author

Eleanor Roosevelt

Source

Tomorrow is Now

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Eleanor. Tomorrow is Now. Harper & Row, 1963.