Jimmy Breslin Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		You get a little picture that reflects the whole. You can get readers interested in the life of one guy, and he can reflect the whole life around him. And it's a better picture than the politicians give you.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jimmy Breslin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zaha Hadid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. C. Gainey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halima Aden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd like very much to make a confident picture. I would like to be as good as nature, which, with a shower, produces flowers and grass to cover the destruction. But we are surrounded by human fragmentation, by pessimism, and it is difficult to talk of other things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Federico Fellini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naya Rivera 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. Joseph Cossman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				Breakfast Club  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Adie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Payton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If China wants to spend $10 producing a product and sell it for a buck, who benefits from that? I think we do. I'm the free market guy. I think free markets work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I understand the rules of Superman - not necessarily better than anyone else - but better than a normal filmmaker would. After doing 'Watchmen' and digging that deep into the why of superheroes, when Superman is presented to you, I felt like I was in a unique position to say 'I get this guy. I know what this is.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zack Snyder