Gabby Douglas Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
-
I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
-
Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
-
In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
-
I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.
-
I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.
-
We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
-
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
-
Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
-
It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
-
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
-
I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
-
If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
-
I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
-
It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
-
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
-
I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.
-
Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
-
We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
-
My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage, is in the service of advancing a story, and in that sense, it's all writing. In that sense we, while acting, write.
-
But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.
-
I think talking is as casual as blogging, and sometimes writing can be as casual as talking. My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.
-
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.
-
I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!
