Joel Parkinson Quotes

It's the way surfing is - you grow up surfing together, and then you're thrown into a heat at Pipe or a world title bout against one another.

Joel Parkinson

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TogetherWorldGrowYouWayHeat

The Soviet Union had only one party. You couldn't express yourself freely; you couldn't admit belief in God. And yet this terrible regime understood that human beings have to express themselves, through music, even at a bad level. All kids studied music automatically, just as they did maths or languages or sport.

Andris Nelsons

MusicGodYourselfYouBadParty

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.

Michael Chang

GodFaithGreatTimeMeBelieve

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

John Poindexter

TodayThinkPresentElectionYears

In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.

Mason Cooley

LoveWordsWorryMeaningMoreThan

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

Michael Jordan

LiveBestJobPeopleGamePlay

We are only tenants, and shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.

Joseph Jefferson

GreatWillUsGiveLandlordNotice

Everybody has a purpose.

Dolly Parton

PurposeEverybody

On TV, you have wardrobe fittings, you have four cameras on you at all times, and you're worried about your angles and your lighting and your shots.

Demi Lovato

YouAnglesLightingShotsFourYour

I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with.

Debra Messing

StruggleExerciseSomething

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

Deborah Norville

IdeasYouNothingBigTakeBite

I do a lot of work that's permanent. The drawings, the sculptures, they're permanent.

Christo

WorkPermanentLotSculptures

Imagine a music business where all the music press talked about, all day long, was cover bands of old rock and pop groups. Beatles cover bands, Rolling Stones cover bands, The Who cover bands, Led Zeppelin cover bands. Cover bands, cover bands, everywhere you go.

Antony Johnston

BusinessMusicDayLongYouRock

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