Joel Parkinson Quotes

Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title in 2009, learned that I was probably too intense that year, and when I didn't win, I just felt horrible.

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• The Midwest has, I think, incredibly hardworking people. You know they're going to be successful because, quite honestly, I cannot work with people from the East Coast - a little bit of variance on the coast - I'm from Ohio, and I understand that.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Work
  • Successful

• Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

  

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
  • Nature
  • Man
  • Creative

• Someone has to stand up for wimps.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Up
  • Stand
  • Someone

• Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Up
  • Change
  • Same

• People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.

  

  Samina Baig
  • People
  • Want
  • Wish

• When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • Home
  • Day
  • Cool

• My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Good
  • Home
  • Car

• But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Never
  • Take
  • Punishment

• I believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Believe
  • American
  • Freedom

• The Internet is both great and terrible. As a source of information, a tool for delivering music and art, it's great. But spamming ads and piracy of music is terrible. It's stealing.

  

  Gary Wright
  • Great
  • Music
  • Art

• Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Time
  • Book

• Strauss Group continues to strengthen its future growth engines, improve the company's competitive position, and increase market share, while continuing streamlining processes, improvements, and carrying out organizational adjustments in the company.

  

  Ofra Strauss
  • Future
  • Growth
  • Company

• Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

  

  Harold Coffin
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Successful

• The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Life
  • Action
  • Revolution

• Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I really enjoy, and that's kind of inspired me. I've always been intrigued in or interested in the topics I've been covering.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • Life
  • Enjoy
  • Inspired

• I don't want to live my life to entertain other people. I have other things that I'd like to do.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Only a thoughtless observer can deny that correspondences come into play between the world of modern technology and the archaic symbol-world of mythology.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • World
  • Technology

• When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Fight
  • Challenges
  • Tough

• Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

  

  Patty Duke
  • Life
  • Time
  • Words

• If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

  

  James E. Faust
  • Hurt
  • Forgiveness

• When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.

  

  Moon Bloodgood
  • Girl
  • Squad

• I've been asked countless times, 'Why are you drawn to horror films? Why do you think women are drawn to horror films?' And it's because, in a way, it's one of the few genres that tells it like it is. A lot of times, women do feel like they're running for their lives somehow.

  

  Karyn Kusama
  • Women
  • Why
  • Running

• I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

  

  Wyclef Jean Fugees
  • Celebrity
  • Charity
  • Policy

• Losing one grounds you a bit. I learned a lot after losing the title in 2009, learned that I was probably too intense that year, and when I didn't win, I just felt horrible.

  

  Joel Parkinson