Jessica Fox Quotes

There is such a rich sporting culture in Western Sydney, one that nurtured my sporting aspirations. Having Penrith Whitewater Stadium right at my doorstep was such an amazing advantage. It was a springboard to my success as an athlete, and I feel really fortunate to have grown up in this part of the world.

Jessica Fox

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• What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Up
  • Job
  • Writer

• I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • World
  • Important
  • Country

• And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.

  

  Lance Ito
  • Up
  • Work
  • Mind

• Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

  

  Yoshihiko Noda
  • World
  • Energy
  • Growth

• The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• I'm moving forward to do the best.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Moving
  • Best
  • Moving Forward

• Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Up
  • Children
  • Talk

• When you are allowed to study different disciplines, you redefine your idea of success. You learn to appreciate multiple disciplines simultaneously and you learn that there is no one formula to anything.

  

  Lakshmi Pratury
  • Different
  • Success
  • Study

• Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
  • Society
  • Exists

• Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Best
  • Tough

• 'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Long
  • War
  • Happy

• I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.

  

  Rahul Dravid
  • Important
  • Think
  • Culture

• I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Television

• When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

  

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Success
  • Wind
  • Shadow

• The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

  

  Ramsey Clark
  • World
  • War
  • Greatest

• I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • World
  • May
  • Problem

• The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.

  

  Aberjhani
  • America
  • Hope
  • Past

• 'Long ago we parted,' said the slight, still man of the Fiia. 'Longer ago we were one. What we are not, they are. What we are, they are not. Think of the sunlight and the grass and the trees that bear fruit, Semley; think that not all roads that lead down lead up as well.'

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Up
  • Long

• I love the place 'Clone Wars' has on Netflix; it's very accessible, and I think it's great.

  

  Dave Filoni
  • Great

• Spanglish is the encounter: perhaps the word is marriage or divorce of English and Spanish, but also of Anglo and Hispanic civilizations - not only in the United States but in the entire continent and, perhaps, also in Spain.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • Marriage
  • English
  • Divorce

• My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Experience
  • Dad
  • Mom

• Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.

  

  Ricky Williams
  • Team
  • Nice
  • Play

• There is such a rich sporting culture in Western Sydney, one that nurtured my sporting aspirations. Having Penrith Whitewater Stadium right at my doorstep was such an amazing advantage. It was a springboard to my success as an athlete, and I feel really fortunate to have grown up in this part of the world.

  

  Jessica Fox
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  • World
  • Success