Scott Derrickson Quotes

We're all capable of being more than we presently are, and the effort that it takes and the will that it takes and sometimes the trauma and tragedy that it takes to force us into that kind of growth is the story of our lives.

Scott Derrickson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Believe it or not, I can actually draw.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

BelieveI CanActuallyDraw

You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things.

Stefan Sagmeister

GoodWarYouBadCrisisSay

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.

Ron Fournier

CriticismPoliticalUnderstandingHis

I like to make my own mistakes.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

MistakesMy OwnOwnMakeLike

Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it. America has become more politically correct.

Montel Williams

I AmAmericaRaceBecomeMoreOut

When you're the head coach, you coach 53 people, and their wives and their girlfriends and their families and all those people.

Jon Gruden

PeopleYouCoachHeadGirlfriends

The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that's what they really need. They're misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.

Chrissy Metz

LoveKindnessStand UpThinkStand

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.

Aravind Adiga

WorkProblemsRichYouIndiaPoor

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

Wislawa Szymborska

WorkGoodRespectI AmPoetry

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.

Sharon Creech

PoetryPeopleMeWritingReading

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

Leon Redbone

BusinessMyselfDeathKissObstacles

In 'Henry V,' the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life.

Kenneth Branagh

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