Yance Ford Quotes

What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is actually not modern. It's actually quite old.

Yance Ford

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PerspectivePeopleStrongHelpOld

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Jim Rohn

EffortRewardEveryMultiple

I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

John Oates

ParentsSingingMusiciansOldTwo

When I met Peter Weir, we did a movie called 'Master and Commander' together, and that's when I really started to understand the power of acting, the power of directing, finding the emotion in performance.

Robert Stromberg

PowerTogetherPerformanceActing

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

Steve Jobs

GoodPeopleWorldBetterViewPlace

I never thought acting would be a realistic job for me. Because, quite frankly, I didn't see people who looked like me doing it. I quickly realized, that's all the more reason to try.

Riz Ahmed

JobPeopleMeThoughtDoingActing

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.

Robert Teeter

LiveCountryAudienceAnythingSeen

You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.

Russel Honore

LifeYouTryDependUpProperty

I didn't want to represent any negative side of the country where I was born and raised.

Miyavi

NegativeBornCountryWantSideAny

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

Lukas Foss

InfluenceInterestingUsedObvious

When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that as someone who has been standing in the streets of cities across the country - but at the root of it is this idea of telling the truth in public.

DeRay Mckesson

TruthPeopleThinkSomeoneWorry

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

Deana Carter

FreedomMeLivingLot

Travelling doesn't stress me, since adequate 10-hour sleep post-travel is sufficient for me.

Anushka Shetty

StressSleepMeTravellingSince

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