Jason Isbell Quotes

For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes a religion that sort of consumes a whole lot of them. I just don't think that that's necessary. I think that that can be a side note rather than the story of your life.

Jason Isbell

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I don't think I wrote stories down when I was young, but I certainly made them up, perhaps sometimes losing track of the border between reality and make-believe.

Jo Beverley

LosingBorderThinkRealityDownUp

I have a very dark sense of humor.

Andy Dick

HumorSense Of HumorDarkSenseVery

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

Robert H. Schuller

FutureHopeShapeYourHopesHurts

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

Troy Polamalu

PositiveMyselfChallengeMeBetter

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.

Tommy Lee Jones

GoodFutureDressMeThoughtView

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

FightCareYouWillWayOthers

Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'

Michael Phelps

DayWaitWake UpThinkEvery DayUp

We benefited from an enlightened post-war period in the United States: Our National Institutes of Health have enthusiastically and generously supported basic research.

Michael Rosbash

HealthResearchUnitedUnited States

My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it. That's how I became a writer. But when you have kids, suddenly you have to be part of things. It leads almost to a breakdown because your whole defense mechanism is now really destructive.

Judd Apatow

FunWorldYouNowWayAlways

In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change.

Dean Devlin

ChangeTough TimesHopeToughUp

Let's put Illinois back on the road to prosperity.

Bruce Rauner

RoadBackProsperityIllinoisPut

Once I started to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I just let them start talking.

August Wilson

RespectValueStartTalkingStarted

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