Esperanza Spalding Quotes

There's nothing wrong with struggle. Anytime I look back at a difficult phase of my life and see what grew out of it - the creative survival tactics - I think that the good is way better than the bad.

Esperanza Spalding

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LifeGoodStruggleCreativeBetter

The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

Joanna Lumley

MeLearnYouNeverPressDid

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Jesus Christ

LoveYouRewardTaxSameEven

What best friends do so well is they just waste time.

Jessica St. Clair

TimeBestFriendsWaste TimeWell

Our citizens never hesitate to take sides against one another, whether it's Democrats versus Republicans, Coke drinkers opposed to Pepsi enthusiasts or Yankee loyalists against Red Sox aficionados.

Jen Lancaster

RedNeverSidesDemocratsRed Sox

I did my undergrad at Florida State, got a Bachelor's, and then I got my Masters in Acting at NYU. So I've spent a lot of time in the classroom.

Andre Holland

TimeActingFloridaClassroomGot

The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten.

Meriwether Lewis

WeatherColdEveningPartyCaptain

I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.

Merry Clayton

GoodHeavenSaidAlwaysEveryThing

It's not hard for me to be funny. But it's really hard. I don't think a lot of people are funny. I meet a lot of people, and most of them aren't funny.

Amy Schumer

FunnyPeopleMeThinkMeetHard

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

Amitava Kumar

StyleMeWorldInterestApproach

People call me crazy and a madman. Even 'Tasmanian Devil.' I'd rather be called the 'Tasmanian Angel.'

Troy Polamalu

PeopleMeCrazyAngelDevilCall

But I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.

Robert Duvall

GoodThinkYoungNowConnectedMore

I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country.

Mohamed ElBaradei

BelieveThinkCountryReadyWill

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