Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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AttitudeHopeGreatSufferingMe

I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my manager, my mom or a buddy of mine wake me up if I have to be somewhere. It's a serious issue! I've been very late for some serious gigs because of it!

Jesse McCartney

TimeMeMomLateSeriousManager

Hanging may seem barbarous, but the greater barbarity lies in the slow abandonment of our common law traditions.

Michael Gove

LawSlowHangingSeemMayGreater

By the time my brother was 8, he was cooking breakfast and dinner for us. And I was 5.

Michael Beasley

TimeCookingBrotherBreakfastUs

What the Chinese parent is conveying to the child is not that 'you've got to get A's or else I won't like you.' On the contrary, it's, 'I believe in you so much, I know that you can be excellent.'

Amy Chua

ChildBelieveParentYouKnowGet

Racial relations in this country are plummeting. Racial strife is rising. All the while, Obama is out there talking about unity and bringing us together.

Rush Limbaugh

TogetherUnityTalkingCountryOut

If I have a bad hair day, I just think, 'Well, it will be an OK hair day tomorrow. Just put your head down and go.'

Mitt Romney

DayTomorrowHairThinkBadDown

There's three things that are never good for a consumer mindset: uncertainty certainly, concern, and discordance.

Mindy Grossman

GoodUncertaintyMindsetThreeNever

Everything is going so great. I can't complain.

Juicy J

GreatEverythingComplainGoing

I came out publicly as transgender and began hormone replacement therapy while in prison. When I was released, however, there was no quantifiable history of me existing as a transwoman. Credit and background checks automatically assumed I was committing fraud.

Chelsea Manning

HistoryMePrisonCreditFraudOut

I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.

Conor Oberst

EyesPeopleSingingSometimesSee

That's my mission: to make you feel something.

Bresha Webb

FeelMissionYouSomethingMake

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

Shah Rukh Khan

ShyScenesTooKissing

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