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Jason Kidd Quotes

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

Jason Kidd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: March 23, 1973

Topics

Work Hard Work Today Myself Talent

'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

Joe Bastianich

Life Good Man Ugly People Story

An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.

John Battelle

Home Child Night Long Late Phone

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.

John Berger

Nature Evil Talking Nothing Human

I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of other people's imagination, I've played parts I would never have thought I could do. Still, I've never had a hankering or an ambition for any particular role.

John Hurt

Imagination People Ambition Thought

I think that, as a black girl, you grow up internalizing all these messages that say you shouldn't accept your hair or your skin tone or your natural features or that you shouldn't have a voice or that you aren't smart.

Amandla Stenberg

Girl Smart Hair Voice Black Think

Nothing's wrong with honest emotion.

Tony Goldwyn

Wrong Nothing Emotion Honest

I think, for me, anybody who is a terrorist should not have access to firearms.

Ron DeSantis

Me Think Who I Think Should Anybody

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

Roshni Nadar

Potential Realize Need Lifetime

D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.

Marvin Sapp

Washington Buy Mine Records Tons

I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.

Louis Farrakhan

Past Tired Think Will Masses Thing

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

Denis Diderot

Step First Step Philosophy First

My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name is Irish and would not be familiar to English editors, one of them said: 'If she writes anything else, do let us know.' Slowly, very slowly, the books began to sell and be noticed.

Colm Toibin

Name Down Know Said Irish She