Joy Bryant Quotes

Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

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• I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Movie
  • Interesting
  • Know

• It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Animal
  • More
  • Really

• For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.

  

  Yuliya Snigir
  • Look
  • Appearance

• All disgust is originally disgust at touching.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Touching
  • Originally

• I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

  

  Carl Barks
  • Never
  • Boy
  • Old

• I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Friends
  • White
  • Hip Hop

• You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Long
  • Think
  • Space

• I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.

  

  Yuna
  • Music
  • Together
  • Strong

• I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

  

  Taiye Selasi
  • Write
  • Ambition
  • Four

• I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

  

  Hank Aaron
  • Serious
  • Smile
  • Hands

• I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • God
  • Fear
  • Thoughts

• What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.

  

  Chevy Chase
  • Friends

• There was such a realness about Elvis. He never really changed from that humble boy from Tupelo, Mississippi. He became this huge star, but he always remained that Southern boy.

  

  Drake Milligan
  • Star
  • Boy
  • Humble

• You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

  

  Claire Tomalin
  • People
  • Understanding

• Because of network neutrality rules, activists can turn to the Internet to bypass the discrimination of mainstream cable, broadcast, and print outlets as we organize for change.

  

  Patrisse Cullors

• Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists - especially emerging ones - won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They'll be able to experiment as much as they want.

  

  Jerry Saltz
  • Good
  • Money
  • Art

• Diane von Furstenberg is an extraordinary woman. She's modern. She's a mother, a grandmother, a leader.

  

  Karen Katz
  • She
  • Mother
  • Grandmother

• I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

  

  Don DeLillo

• It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.

  

  John Boorman
  • People
  • Manipulation

• You keep only what you give...to Him.

  

  Yasmin Mogahed
  • Giving

• This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with the experience of most people.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Experience
  • America

• Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

  

  Joy Bryant
  • Vision
  • Following
  • Sustain