Jesmyn Ward Quotes

Confidence definitely did not get me here! More of, like, desperation.

Jesmyn Ward

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• It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Time
  • Lost
  • Confidence

• Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Mind
  • War
  • Peace

• I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Myself
  • Always
  • Confidence

• I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Confidence
  • Better
  • Thanks

• When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Women
  • Love
  • Job

• Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • People
  • Work
  • Pretty

• Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Really
  • Table
  • Dining

• For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • You
  • Confidence
  • Train

• Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

  

  Jack Welch
  • People
  • Important
  • Giving

• There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

  

  Ioan Gruffudd
  • Present
  • Confidence
  • Enjoy

• I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • Men
  • Confidence
  • Potential

• If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Good
  • Great
  • Best

• Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Good
  • Style
  • Confidence

• We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Confidence
  • Need
  • Economy

• I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters' audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.

  

  Nate Mendel Foo Fighters
  • Value
  • Confidence
  • Sex

• The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • People
  • Up
  • Free

• Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Confidence
  • Artists
  • Vote

• Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Important
  • Guy
  • Feeling

• So today, let me say: Sisters and brothers of India - my confidence in what our nations can achieve together is rooted in the values we share. For we may have our different histories and speak different languages, but when we look at each other, we see a reflection of ourselves.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Different
  • May
  • Together

• Hard information on the quantity of bogus art sold is difficult to come by, in part because fraud, when discovered by dealers and auction houses, is usually kept secret to boost public confidence in the art market.

  

  Peter Landesman
  • Art
  • Confidence

• I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Period

• I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to work and think, than I really am by other writers.

  

  James Frey
  • Work
  • Freedom

• Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Up
  • Drug
  • Insurance

• Confidence definitely did not get me here! More of, like, desperation.

  

  Jesmyn Ward
  • Confidence