John W. Thompson Quotes

I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.

John W. Thompson

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LifeSucceedMediocrityYouDefeat

I don't like to kick people when they're down. I like to kick people when they're up.

Jimmy Fallon

PeopleDownUpKickLike

The culture is about moving to a place where tobacco and smoking isn't part of normal life: people don't encounter it normally, they don't see it in their big supermarkets, they don't see people smoking in public places, they don't see tobacco vending machines.

Andrew Lansley

LifeCulturePeopleMovingSmoking

I'm a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada.

Robert J. Sawyer

AmericaCanadaMemberGuildWriters

Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means.

Robert J. Sawyer

ScienceResearchScience FictionWord

Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

Matthew Henry

WorldCareHandsWhateverOutUs

No matter what happens to us in life, we tend to think of it as 'good' or 'bad.' And most of us tend to use the 'bad' label three to 10 times as often as the 'good' label. And when we say something is bad, the odds grow overwhelming that we will experience it as such.

Srikumar Rao

LifeGoodExperienceThinkGrowBad

There is work, and there is pleasure; acting is pleasure.

Sofia Vassilieva

WorkActingPleasure

As everyone knows, I have never been a fan of George Bush's presidency.

Tom Tancredo

NeverEveryonePresidencyBeenFan

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a response - so these people who come up to you in the street are your audience.

Rob James-Collier

PeopleTryingYouDramaStreetWay

We can work to get queer and trans people out of the prisons and jails and off the streets, and to improve our access to housing, education, employment and gender-confirming healthcare.

Chelsea Manning

WorkEducationPeopleHealthcareOut

I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks.

Chen Guangbiao

MeanPlayingMayLikeMaverick

I had done a cover of the song 'Nenani Neevani' and put it up on Sound Cloud, which Sunny M.R., the music composer of Rowdy Fellow, came across. He liked it and approached me for 'Yedho.'

Armaan Malik

MusicMeSongCloudDoneSunny

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