David Alan Grier Quotes

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

David Alan Grier

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HeroWalkMeBackLivingKid

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind.

Andy Roddick

TravelProcessEndBodyGrindSure

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

Steven Spielberg

GoodResponsibilityMoralCensorship

Stunt performing is a highly structured career path - you have to gain qualifications in six different sports to a high standard. It takes four or five years and costs at least £20,000; a black belt in a martial art from scratch costs a fortune.

Steve Truglia

SportsPathArtBlackYouCareer

Maybe there are too many restaurants. Maybe some of mine need to close. So be it. I'll live with the market place.

Tom Douglas

LivePlaceNeedMineCloseMarket

When Xi Jinping came to power, there were a series of hints that market-based capitalism would be allowed to move forward under his leadership. At the first real threat, they've fallen over themselves to impose government control.

Roger Altman

LeadershipPowerGovernmentControl

I've done a lot of death cartoons - tombstones, Grim Reaper, illness, obituaries... I'm not great at analyzing things, but my guess is that maybe the only relief from the terror of being alive is jokes.

Roz Chast

GreatDeathAliveDoneJokesThings

When I was writing 'Bad Behavior,' I was very, very quiet. I would just sit there and listen to people. And if I was out in public, I was usually quiet, and people tended to assume I was stupid because I was a young, pretty girl who's quiet.

Mary Gaitskill

GirlPeopleWritingStupidBehavior

When a wolf doesn't want to do something, they look really cute.

Michelle Paver

CuteWolfLookWantSomething

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

Denis Waitley

MistakesOnlyLessonsFailures

Experience shows that those people who were selected to be a head coach in the NFL met with more success if they had had head-coaching experience.

Bob McNair

SuccessExperiencePeopleMoreCoach

I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a god. There's no reason not to live life to the fullest. Morality is all the more important for people who don't expect to get a piece of celestial candy after they die.

William T. Vollmann

LifeGoodLiveLive LifeGodPeople

I don't think that there is a person that I've met - I'm sure there are - that I've had any conflict with.

Sylvia Browne

ConflictThinkPersonSureMetAny

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