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John Wooden Quotes

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: coach
Nationality: american
Birth: October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010

Topics

Adversity Man Free Being Most State

I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes.

Family People Solitude Privacy More

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use.

Good Child Me End You Feeling

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

Education Struggle Civil Rights See

I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate those views in terms of your role as a judge. It's the difference between being a judge and being a law professor.

Step Law Think Judge Back Own

I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and Godard and Milos Forman and all these people.

I Am People Mind Writing Letters

A movie as specific as 'Heathers,' which took place in a specific time and specific place and in which many of the characters got killed off, I never thought it made sense to see a sequel.

Michael Lehmann

Time Thought Place Never See Off

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

Jean Baudrillard

Great Time Smart Person Ahead Out

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.

God Thankful Thank God Problem You

I'm an actor; I have an ego that is sometimes disproportionate to the reality of the situation.

Christian Slater

Ego Reality Situation Sometimes

When you're in the world I'm in, sometimes you have to remember that when you see your friends, you need to ask them what they've been doing, and you need to grow up and learn your life isn't necessarily more interesting than other people's.

Life People World Grow Learn Doing

I love Rihanna's new album, Skrillex, and Norah Jones. They're are all very different, but I love any rock, pop, and jazz.

Love New Jazz Rock Different Pop

Having parents that have been through the wars of films and having a brother and sister who have done it at the highest level, you gain an appreciation. But we've always had closeness as a family. That's our anchor.

Family Appreciation Brother Parents

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