Susan Burton Quotes

Many times, I left the prison thinking, 'I'm smart. I can make it. I won't get caught up again.' But you get off downtown Skid Row, and you're a target for all of the environmental harms in that area. The pain and trauma in that area is so thick, you can almost reach your hand out and touch it.

Susan Burton

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PainSmartEnvironmentalThinking

Most of my thoughts, you couldn't print.

Jim Rogers

ThoughtsYouPrintMost

Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.

Jim Bridenstine

VeteransBargainingChipDisabled

In my first few years of elementary school at the Edison School in Detroit, I did poorly. I remember worrying that I might fail the second grade and be held back.

Robert J. Shiller

SchoolRememberBackDetroitFirst

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.

Riyad Mahrez

PeopleSaidNeverGoingMakeWho

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

Roland Joffe

ThinkThreeTwoYearsFilmI Think

My father made me very tough.

Disha Patani

FatherMeToughMadeVery

I crave to be able to photograph the way a painter paints - in a loose, expressive way.

Chris Jordan

WayPhotographLooseAblePainter

Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.

Brad Bird

ThinkFeelLookMoviesMoreReal

Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness of what the public wants or the TV industry is capable of.

Armando Iannucci

BusinessBecomeRightAwarenessLeft

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

Anthony Bourdain

LifeGreatMemoryPowerfulPlay

The UFC are doing a tremendous job of promoting the sport worldwide. The views about the sport haven't always been so positive here in the Holland, but it's nice to see change and to see the UFC come to Holland, and everyone been really enthusiastic about it.

Alistair Overeem

PositiveChangeJobDoingNiceSee

Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

Phil Collins

TimeRememberPoolI CanAustralia

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