John David Washington Quotes
In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.
John David Washington
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Namie Amuro
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I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.
V. E. Schwab
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You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can do anything. There's tall doctors, short doctors. It doesn't matter. You don't have to be the tallest guy to play the sport of basketball, football or whatever you want to play.
Nate Robinson
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. Skinner
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I don't trust a lot of journalists.
Calvin Klein
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As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.
Gareth Bale
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Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.
Bai Ling
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The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
Odell Beckham, Jr.
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Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
Nate Robinson
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is definitely a sense that when you, as a CIA ops officer... are handling assets, they are delivering to you their trust and their well-being. And you feel very protective of them, even if they're not very nice people.
Valerie Plame
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My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.
Jane Fonda
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I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.
Anna Paquin
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I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth. These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me. I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world forever.
Mary Shelley
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My dad is really old school: "Whatever you do, just be the best at it." He didn't really care if I was a plumber or a roofer. It didn't matter what I did. He said, "Go out and find out what you like to do, and be the best at it."
Scott Eastwood
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Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable.
Fabio Capello
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In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.
John David Washington
