Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes

Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 9, 1993

Topics

LifeMyselfMeFaceMy LifeLook

A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.

John Dos Passos

WorkManFeelMoreRightKids

The second-class couple is far closer to what the audience is today. It's who we are.

Maury Yeston

TodayAudienceFarWhoCloser

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

Jeff Bridges

KidUsedReadComics

So much of my life is spent just focused on driving race cars.

Jeff Gordon

LifeDrivingMy LifeFocusedRace

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

Spike Lee

ChangeWomenPeopleBlackCinema

My da used to sing 'Take Her Up to Monto' to me when we were walking down the street - he still does, actually - because it's got a walking tempo, and I still sing it to myself when I'm walking along.

Roisin Murphy

MyselfMeWalkingDownStreetUp

I would be lying if I said I did not feel bad when 'Shamitabh' failed, but I was proud to be associated with a film like this. If it were easy to know the pulse of the audience, then all movies would be blockbusters.

Dhanush

ProudFeelEasyBadKnowMovies

I think the core of fans' relationship is one that vacillates schizophrenically and mercurially from reverence to resentment. Fans fetishize the players' athletic genius and both deify it and demonize it; witness the way awe turns into anger whenever a player holds out or flips off the offensive coordinator.

David Shields

RelationshipAngerThinkGeniusWay

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

MoneyPoliticsIdeasBattleMilitary

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.

Colin Powell

PeaceBeginningWarConflictBelieve

I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have donated a dollar-a-ticket, or the entire guarantee, to different causes. I have registered voters. I have played on behalf of political candidates.

Conor Oberst

SpaceMindPoliticalTableStage

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

Constance Baker Motley

DaySchoolTeenMeHomeworkHouse

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