Kevin Powers Quotes

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

Kevin Powers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1980

Topics

FailureFearFreedomPathService

The Internet is especially adept at compressing humanity and making it easy to forget there are people behind tweets, posts, and memes.

Jenna Wortham

PeopleInternetEasyHumanityForget

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.

Andreas Capellanus

FriendWorldTreasureNothingMore

Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family.

John Hillcoat

FamilyWarBondRelationshipsOut

Going to any place that you view as more politically oppressed than your own country, there's a weird tendency to assume that the whole existence is determined minute by minute by the political reality, but of course, that's not the case for any of us.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

RealityWeirdViewPoliticalYou

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

Matthew Ashford

TennisYearsUpTriedI TriedHad

I love Jamaica so much. I've been there so much, and I think it would be great if we could shoot a movie there.

Jonathan Levine

LoveGreatThinkShootJamaicaBeen

I believe me being married, having a life outside of fighting, gives me a mental break.

Demetrious Johnson

LifeMeBelieveFightingI Believe

Children tell the truth.

Clemantine Wamariya

TruthChildrenTell

Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want.

Bruce Greenwood

TimeYouKnowAnimalsWantRight

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Wislawa Szymborska

SmallImperfectionUpEasierDoses

My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.

Phyllis George

SuccessYourselfSayingYouPerfect

For me, I'm just trying to keep it fun, keep it interesting, not get stuck on the same sound, the same wave for too long.

Syd

FunMeWaveInterestingTryingLong

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