Dwayne Johnson Quotes

I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.

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• My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Own
  • Reach
  • My Own

• I am always locked in my design studio.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Design
  • Studio
  • Locked

• It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Time
  • Clinton
  • Retire

• The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.

  

  Sam Graves
  • America
  • Small
  • Negative

• I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Real
  • May
  • Fashion

• In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • Time
  • Diversity
  • Evolution

• It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • People
  • Great
  • Musicians

• Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • High
  • Education
  • Law

• The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • People
  • Country
  • Heroes

• Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Care
  • Worry
  • Take Care

• All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Control
  • Road
  • Financial

• Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Home
  • Travel
  • Personality

• Faith is personal if it's to be real.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Real
  • Faith
  • Personal

• Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.

  

  D. J. Cotrona
  • Up
  • Good
  • Growing

• I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.

  

  Wally George
  • Different
  • Business
  • Kids

• You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Acting

• Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • American
  • Always
  • Legacy

• Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Different
  • Experience
  • Easy

• Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.

  

  Maria de Villota
  • Life

• I said roughly that I was starting all over again. I don't think the past buys you anything.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Past
  • Starting
  • Again

• I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.

  

  Claire Foy
  • Hate

• You search for images and stories and movies and music from people that look like you and sound like you and speak like you because you want to feel like, 'Oh, if they can do it, so can I.' There's a little bit of that need for validation, especially when you're younger and trying to look to someone to look up to.

  

  Kelly Marie Tran
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
  • Up
  • Opportunity
  • Door