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Daily Inspiration Quote by Trisha Goddard

"We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say, the beginnings, to the top in about five years"

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Goddard’s line has the breezy confidence of daytime TV wisdom, but it’s doing something sharper than cheerleading. The image of “stars in their eyes” is a gentle jab at aspiration-as-aesthetic: wanting fame the way you want a filter, a vibe, a story to tell. She sets up a familiar casting call archetype - the dreamer - only to pivot into a harder metric: “if you’ve really got what it takes.” The promise isn’t mystical talent; it’s stamina, discipline, and a tolerance for being unglamorous in public.

The most revealing detail is the timeline. “About five years” is oddly specific, and that specificity is the point. It reframes success as a grind with a clock, not a lightning strike. In entertainment culture, where overnight breakthroughs get mythologized and failure gets hidden, five years reads like both reassurance and warning: you can do it, but you won’t do it quickly, and you won’t do it by wanting it loudly. Goddard is also quietly policing the boundary between spectators and professionals. Lots of people can desire the top; fewer people can survive the boring middle - the auditions, the rejection, the incremental skill-building that doesn’t photograph well.

Coming from an entertainer and broadcaster who built authority through public-facing work, the subtext lands as lived counsel: ambition is common; follow-through is rare. The line flatters the listener with possibility while demanding proof in the only currency show business respects - time put in, repeatedly, when nobody’s watching.

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Goddard, Trisha. (2026, February 16). We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say, the beginnings, to the top in about five years. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-see-the-people-that-have-got-stars-in-their-134850/

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Goddard, Trisha. "We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say, the beginnings, to the top in about five years." FixQuotes. February 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-see-the-people-that-have-got-stars-in-their-134850/.

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"We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say, the beginnings, to the top in about five years." FixQuotes, 16 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-see-the-people-that-have-got-stars-in-their-134850/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Trisha Goddard (born December 1, 1957) is a Entertainer from England.

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