Jonathan Evison Quotes

I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.

Jonathan Evison

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SchoolChanceHigh SchoolIslandWay

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

Jeffrey Donovan

WorkI AmCrazyBelieveCareFeel

Wimbledon, for me, is the most important tournament of the year, so you know there's always going to be people expecting me to do well.

Andy Murray

PeopleMeYearYouKnowImportant

Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French people as gaulois on the pretext they don't share the same religion, color or origins.

Jean-Francois Cope

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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Sophocles

SucceedHonorFraudFailRather

My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with him - any time the whistle blew, he went. It was truly inspiring to watch him lead that way.

Brad Paisley

TimeFireWalkingWeekHouseWay

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

Brit Marling

LiveThinkYouActingAttractive

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

William Friedkin

MeBehaviorWallHuman BehaviorUp

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Publilius Syrus

GodHandsLooksCleanFull

Everything in my life happened for a reason. Even when I thought they were the worst things in the world, they turned out to be the best things in the world.

Tina Knowles

LifeBestWorldThoughtMy LifeOut

I am offended by people who feel that they're entitled to something just because of their last name.

Norman Braman

I AmPeopleNameFeelJust Because

It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man.

Richard P. Feynman

HopeHistoryIgnoranceManDirection

The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.

Reynolds Price

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