Jimmy Chin Quotes

As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.

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• I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Different
  • Die
  • Style

• Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Time
  • Good
  • Men

• I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • Fan
  • Excited
  • Actress

• I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Think
  • Know
  • Trump

• I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Years
  • Lot
  • Squash

• It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Democracy
  • Religion

• Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.

  

  Tara Lipinski
  • God
  • Bad
  • Me

• A good leader must be fair.

  

  Yao Ming
  • Good
  • Leader
  • Fair

• Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Science
  • Knowledge
  • Medical

• As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • People
  • Long
  • Die

• I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

  

  Webb Simpson
  • Life
  • Peace
  • Day

• Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • Never
  • Vision
  • Look

• With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

  

  Sam Simon
  • People
  • Know
  • See

• I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Work
  • Past
  • Feel

• The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

  

  Haley Reinhart
  • People
  • Kind
  • Audience

• The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • True
  • Christian
  • Religion

• At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Late
  • Chief
  • Relative

• I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Help
  • Free
  • Diet

• I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.

  

  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  • Grandchildren

• I guess, at the end of the day, I want to be viewed as a musician.

  

  Lauren Mayberry Chvrches

• In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Why
  • Kids
  • Parents

• I had two primary cancers, which was pretty unusual. And when I got the second one, people told me such terrible bad-news stories, they instigated fears that weren't there in the first place. I do remember with such gratitude one doctor saying to me, 'Two primaries? That's nothing. I've seen a patient with six.'

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • People
  • Remember
  • Bad

• Every town has its dark side, but I spend time in New York for my dark inspiration.

  

  John Lutz
  • Time
  • Inspiration
  • Dark Side

• As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.

  

  Jimmy Chin
  • Why
  • Question
  • Professional