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> [I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-realized-early-on-that-success-was-tied-to-not-giving-up-most/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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> [I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-realized-early-on-that-success-was-tied-to-not-giving-up/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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## More by Harrison Ford

> [Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/failures-are-inevitable-unfortunately-in-film-they-live-for-ever-and/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/the-kindest-word-to-describe-my-performance-in-school-was-sloth/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [ When we were making it \[Star Wars\], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/when-we-were-making-it-star-wars-none-of-the-effects-were-in-so-the/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [A bad guy in a movie has a lot of latitude for acting. He can walk up the wall, crawl across the ceiling, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/a-bad-guy-in-a-movie-has-a-lot-of-latitude-for-acting-he-can-walk-up/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-wanted-to-live-the-life-a-different-life-i-didn-t-want-to-go-to-the/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [There are a lot of different paths through the jungle, but...the simplest thing you can do is make yourself useful. Be easy to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/there-are-a-lot-of-different-paths-through-the-jungle-but-the/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/my-older-kids-are-fantastic-people-it-can-t-be-the-result-of-my/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don't think I'm grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent vision. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-think-i-did-have-a-reputation-for-being-grumpy-i-don-t-think-i-m/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [ That \[film What's My Line\] was very useful to me because it had Branch Rickey in a social situation. Every other bit of film… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/that-film-what-s-my-line-was-very-useful-to-me-because-it-had-branch/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [Because the character is a fiction, he's a composite of other contributors to the science that brought this enzyme therapy through the process. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/because-the-character-is-a-fiction-he-s-a-composite-of-other/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [Henry: Well I'm sorry about your head though, but I thought you were one of them. Indiana: Dad, they come in through the doors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/henry-well-i-m-sorry-about-your-head-though-but-i-thought-you-were/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [ It's the primordial characters \[of the Star Wars\]. It's the beautiful princess and the callow youth and the smartass that I played and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/it-s-the-primordial-characters-of-the-star-wars-it-s-the-beautiful/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-love-the-comic-opportunities-that-come-up-in-the-context-of-a/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [I don't think I have something that's pronounceable as a philosophy. ... When it was fashionable to say, "May the Force be with you,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-don-t-think-i-have-something-that-s-pronounceable-as-a-philosophy/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

> [I prefer to be part of a positive statement. I'm not interested in the psyche of a serial killer. What I'm interested in is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-ford/i-prefer-to-be-part-of-a-positive-statement-i-m-not-interested-in-the/)

[Harrison Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-ford/)

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