Jessy Schram Quotes
'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.
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It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.
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This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.
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If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.
