John Salley Quotes

I was a vegetarian first. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer, and I knew it was in the food, so I changed my diet.

John Salley

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I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

Jeremy Renner

TimeAngryRestShyBandOut

I hope that I'll be able to have kids with a mate. But I don't know if that's in the plan.

Jennifer Grey

HopePlanKnowAbleKidsMate

I am very tenacious.

Jenny Craig

I AmTenaciousVeryAm

Every third person in the world is a drama queen. And crying 'victim,' especially when you're not really a victim in any real way, feels good. It feels good to cry victim if you're not one.

John McWhorter

GoodQueenWorldYouPersonDrama

July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild and desolate that I am charmed by its wonderful dreariness.

John James Audubon

BeautifulDayI AmCountryNothing

I feel like I didn't know who I was when I was 15. I don't feel like you're who you are for life, not even when you're 20.

Sky Ferreira

LifeFeelYouKnowI Feel LikeEven

What I see in Scripture are the priorities: My wife was beautiful to me, and she loved God, and we got along well. When I look in Scripture for what I want in a wife, here she is, right here.

Trip Lee

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There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to be done.

Shonda Rhimes

WorkDoneBeenStillStoriesUntold

Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

Michael Moore

GoodKingWinGameAwardYou

'Jaws' freed me to discover that a successful movie didn't make a damn bit of difference to my life.

Lorraine Gary

LifeMeMy LifeDamnDifference

I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life.

Debra Paget

LifeFamilyLanguageViolenceYou

It's certainly possible to write fiction that isn't trivial and isn't what people would call political, but it is very hard to figure out how, because our ordinary lives have such a strong tincture now of the whole world.

Deborah Eisenberg

PeopleWorldStrongPoliticalNow

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