Jessy Schram Quotes
'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.
Quotes to Explore
-
It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
-
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
-
Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.
-
I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
-
I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
-
ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
-
I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
-
I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
-
Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
-
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.
-
Women receive easily the most difficult assignments.
-
My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
-
When you hear a story, do you believe only the nice parts? Truth isn’t like a baked fish, where you can eat the flesh and leave the bones and skin. You have to eat it all.
-
I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.
-
'Last Resort,' to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation.
