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Maude Adams
American
Actress
About the author
Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Talent
#Genius
You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Play
#May
#Present
Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Successful
#Day
#Succeed
I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Mind
When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Failure
#First
#Leading
#Lady
Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Life
#Day
#Failure
#Fighting
#Satisfaction
Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Success
#Failure
If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Traditions
I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.
Maude Adams,
American
Actress
#Confidence