Blake Griffin Quotes

I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.

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• Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Time
  • Character
  • Movie

• A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Purpose
  • Understand
  • Say

• I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Done
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would benefit me. I also started studying a lot harder in school. It matured me a remarkable amount and made me completely focused.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Good
  • School
  • Thought

• I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.

  

  Carlos Ponce
  • Different
  • School
  • Kids

• I hate interviews - but you have to do them.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • You
  • Hate
  • Interviews

• A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.

  

  C. K. Williams
  • Dark
  • Poem
  • Redeem

• Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.

  

  Dan Abrams
  • People
  • Good
  • Hope

• Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.

  

  Sammy Cahn
  • Song
  • Architecture
  • Dictates

• If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Empty
  • Farmer
  • Barn

• There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Up
  • Work
  • Think

• I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Think
  • Never
  • Look

• I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.

  

  Yi So-Yeon
  • Life
  • Free
  • Space

• Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.

  

  Dale Dauten
  • Government
  • Bureaucracy

• In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Together
  • Culture
  • Color

• I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Support
  • Myself

• I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader/audience/player to suspend disbelief, to buy into the logic and boundaries of your world, even though those boundaries might include things like dragons and magic. To do that, you need long threads - of history and culture.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • World
  • Long
  • Writing

• We really pride ourselves on the notion that what makes our program special is that we really do our very best to make sure that everything we do is culturally responsive and relevant.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • Pride

• It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Future
  • Day
  • Balance

• I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

  

  Jessica Simpson
  • Athlete
  • Ironic

• I think that just sitting down and having casual conversation is the hardest stuff to do. But the extremes? I know what it feels like to come racing around the corner at 90 miles an hour, sliding the car sideways. I know what gear I'm hitting it in when I'm coming around the corner and where I need to downshift. So to me, that's the fun stuff.

  

  Paul Walker
  • Fun
  • Car

• As recently as the September 11 event, the majority of Muslims were, as the rest of the world was, against its violence. However, if despair and humiliation continue in the population of more than one billion Muslims, the world will face increasing risks of conflicts and wars.

  

  Ahmed Zewail
  • World
  • Rest
  • Violence

• I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Training
  • Athlete