John Pomfret Quotes

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

John Pomfret

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OpportunityEnoughEarlyGoLucky

I grew up twelve miles outside of Montego Bay. In my early teens, I went to Kingston. It was like a different planet for me. In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.

Jimmy Cliff

PeopleCityMeColdEarlyCountry

Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times that aren't really convenient, so I'm a big fan of the voice memo recorder on my phone. That's the only way I can remember things.

Jim James

MeMovingRandomVoiceRememberWay

If people feel like the boss doesn't respect them, they don't stretch for the boss.

John Dickerson

RespectBossPeopleFeelStretch

A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.

John Lewis

GovernmentPeopleAmericanSunday

I was a graduate student at Oxford when I discovered Georgiana.

Amanda Foreman

StudentOxfordGraduateDiscovered

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

Roscoe Mitchell

MusicPeopleAlwaysSomethingBeen

I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.

Rudolf Nureyev

LoveBeautifulTimeMyselfDanceMe

When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.

Judy Holliday

SimpleMeThoughtDawnAlways

Anyone can be something. Leaders want to do something.

Jason Kander

WantSomethingLeadersAnyone

Where we see corruption and can make a case against it, we're being aggressive.

Josh Hawley

CorruptionAggressiveSeeAgainst

I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.

Donnie Wahlberg

RisksChanceComedyUncomfortable

I grew up watching wrestling.

DeAngelo Williams

WrestlingWatchingUpGrew

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