Doug Baldwin Quotes

I don't have a chip on my shoulder. I have a boulder on my shoulder.

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• Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Different
  • You
  • Person

• I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Life
  • Relationship
  • Myself

• I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.

  

  Laura Z. Hobson
  • American
  • Think
  • Myself

• Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Great
  • Done
  • Small

• We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • World
  • Trying
  • Perfect

• You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Want
  • You
  • Treat

• Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.

  

  Iain Banks
  • Society
  • Free
  • Technology

• I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Writing
  • Day
  • Air

• When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

  

  Lara St. John
  • People
  • You
  • Attention

• Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Time
  • Know
  • Dad

• I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • Music
  • Best
  • Singer

• I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!

  

  Nate Berkus
  • Up
  • Think
  • Hate

• I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Believe
  • Action
  • Universe

• My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.

  

  X. J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Different
  • Live

• Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.

  

  Gagan Narang
  • Know
  • Gold
  • Now

• Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Reality

• If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Help

• My God is none other than the people. Only the popular masses are omniscient and omnipotent and almighty on earth. Therefore my lifetime motto is: 'The people are my God.'

  

  Kim Il-sung
  • People
  • God
  • Earth

• To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

  

  Martha Graham
  • Beautiful
  • Space

• Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.

  

  Jesse Kellerman
  • Attention

• You make up your mind what part you want to read for and why. It's kept me focused - on what's important, what I want, and what I don't.

  

  Joe Morton
  • Up
  • Important
  • Mind

• For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Never
  • Years
  • India

• How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.

  

  S. I. Hayakawa
  • Up
  • Death
  • Self

• I don't have a chip on my shoulder. I have a boulder on my shoulder.

  

  Doug Baldwin