Jordan Peterson Quotes

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.

Jordan Peterson

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CulturePeopleAdmitWantCompetence

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

John Lydon

GoodYourselfSympathyLearnLook

In my experience as an actor over so many years, I don't know when I have been touched so deeply on so many levels as I have been by 'The Leftovers' in my three years there. It is a profound exploration of life, of grief, of loss.

Ann Dowd

LifeGriefExperienceLossKnow

If you want someone to show up and execute your script for you, seriously, there are a lot of great people out there. Don't call me.

Jeff Nichols

GreatPeopleMeSomeoneYouWant

Persistence pays off.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

PersistenceOffPays

I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.

Russell Peters

CommunityRacismYourselfPeopleYou

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

Lisa Loeb

MusiciansPlayBandTwoOrchestra

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but they were very picky about what we could watch - old Westerns and stuff that wasn't vulgar or violent at all.

Jason Isbell

TelevisionGrandfatherNothingRoof

I will love you with all my heart, To have forever - never to part. This is a promise engrained in me, Take my hand and let it be.

Diana Lynn

LoveHeartMeYouHandNever

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

Dizzy Dean

MindBlessedStrongWeakArm

I added and deleted according to the audiences' response to different gestures, and chose songs to build an act that would constantly stimulate my audience.

Chuck Berry

BuildAudienceActDifferentWould

We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it.

Phyllis Smith

SadnessYouEmotionsWantNeverOwn

I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological.

Peter Coyote

TodayTimeThinkFeelBadMissed

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