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Alexander O'Neal Quotes

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

Alexander O'Neal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1953

Topics

Best I Can Person Everyday Strive

I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me, it's always instinctively been about sound making and trying to extract information, grammar, meaning from sound making. That's been my way of navigating reality that's very personal; a painter might say they make marks or look.

Me Rest Think Reality Meaning Look

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

Love Process You Product More Must

And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.

Robert Grosseteste

Service Yourself Lady You Table See

I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

Chemistry Up Organic Veterinarian

I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.

Work Simple Song Down Messed Up Try

Ultimately if the body is in tune, most likely the mind is in tune.

Mind Body Most Tune Likely

Denying that race matters is irrational in the face of segregation and all of the other forms of obvious racial inequity in society... Maintaining this denial of reality takes tremendous emotional and psychic energy.

Society Energy Face Reality Race

One of my early memories is of a white girl twirling in a circle. I realized later on that it was from that show 'Small Wonder' - the oldest I could have been when I was watching it was four or five, but it's one I think about a lot. It's stuck in my head, this terrible Fox television show.

Girl Memories Small Think Early Fox

I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers. I was a great tumbler, so when he showed up at practice one day, I tried to impress him, but I ended up landing on my face! When I got off the ground, I had rug burn on my nose. I was in tears because it hurt so bad!

Great Day School Practice Tears Bad

The past will always affect me, and I will keep that in mind while remembering that how it played out is only my starting point, not my final destination.

Chelsea Manning

Past Mind Me Destination Will Out

I can recall, as a young adult, running through the rain forest at the Forest Reserve, at times feeling a sense of fear when I felt I was in danger. In danger of confronting an ugly snake or a coral snake, which represented the greatest fear of someone in a rural area when you traverse the forest.

Anthony Carmona

Fear Rain Ugly Snake Forest Someone

My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.

Life Me Painting My Life Long You

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