Mary Pilon Quotes

Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are highest, an athlete's brain may be at its most vulnerable.

Mary Pilon

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• I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Nature
  • Think

• I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Things
  • See
  • Word

• I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.

  

  Garrett Dillahunt
  • God
  • Know
  • Me

• From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • People
  • Like
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• While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Way
  • Criticism
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• It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Up
  • Long
  • Career

• Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Sometimes
  • Fake
  • Credit

• You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Done
  • Understand
  • Appreciate

• I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.

  

  Kajol
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Hope

• I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Never
  • Chance
  • Go

• I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Done
  • Age
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• One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • She
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• That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Life
  • God
  • Real

• Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.

  

  Karl Shapiro
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  • Die

• Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

  

  Talulah Riley
  • Believe
  • Marriage
  • Social

• Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Live
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  • Marriage

• Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Important
  • Car
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• He plants trees to benefit another generation.

  

  Caecilius Statius
  • Trees
  • Plants
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• To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Style
  • Yourself

• Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk

• Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Job
  • Always
  • Yourself

• I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you.

  

  Justin Timberlake NSYNC
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  • Music
  • Business

• Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are highest, an athlete's brain may be at its most vulnerable.

  

  Mary Pilon
  • May
  • Career
  • Brain