Valerie Jarrett Quotes

I was very lucky - I grew up with two parents who loved each other and gave me unconditional love. They set high expectations for me, and they gave me an infinite amount of support. So I stand on their shoulders; I follow their example in every way.

Valerie Jarrett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 14, 1956

Topics

LoveSupportParentsMeExpectations

People in the metros are busy making ends meet, but through my films, I like to give the reality of life a skip, and choose concepts which will give audiences a stress-free two-and-a-half hours.

Rohit Shetty

LifePeopleBusyRealityChoose

We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.

Mick Fleetwood

PeopleLookingTreatMomentsGoWhy

Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.

Luke Treadaway

Growing UpSmallRulesVillageUp

A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.

Joseph Brodsky

LanguageWayToolWriterRather

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

Clive Owen

PeopleThinkYouBackLostMovies

You have to realize that, when it comes to the South, we carry around a lot of baggage. The South lost the war, and I spent years denying my culture.

Bobbie Ann Mason

CultureWarYouLostRealizeYears

In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.

Bryan Ferry

New YorkWishYouNewChicagoGet

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

Arthur Darvill

PerformanceSomeoneCopyMy OwnOwn

There's a lot of times when I shouldn't have been here. I go, 'Man, I'm blessed.' I've had people shoot at me and had all kinds of stuff happen, and somehow I'm still here, and other people are not.

Brian Ortega

ManPeopleMeBlessedGoHappen

Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.

Wiz Khalifa

FamilyGrowing UpLovingPlaceUp

Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A.

Philip Kaufman

DownCanadaGoWantFilmMove

The EarthEcho World Water Monitoring Challenge is an opportunity for anyone, anywhere to make the first step in taking action for clean water and healthy waterways worldwide.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

OpportunityWaterChallengeStep

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