Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I put my mother through a lot when I was a teenager. I used to lie a lot. Now, we talk all the time.

Esperanza Spalding

• Teenager
• Lie
• My Mother

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• I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

  

  Tawni O'Dell
  • People
  • America
  • Small

• The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Support
  • Technology
  • Commitment

• In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Life
  • Details
  • Negotiation

• Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.

  

  Vince Staples
  • Different
  • Identity
  • Stand

• I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.

  

  Wayne Knight
  • Team
  • Football
  • Never

• I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Father
  • Hate
  • Support

• There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

  

  Vince Carter
  • Bad
  • Team
  • Hurt

• The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

  

  Larry David
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Single

• You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Time
  • Play
  • Decision

• When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Thinking
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Late

• I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.'

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Great
  • Women
  • Happy

• I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Health
  • Point
  • Workaholic

• I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Mean
  • Never
  • Security

• I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.

  

  Joanna Going
  • World
  • Search

• I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

  

  Dennis Kucinich
  • Free
  • Health
  • Single

• I feel respect is in your hands as an actor when portraying a character, particularly when it's from the Indian subcontinent. I do make a conscious effort to do so and often talk to the directors especially about the heavy accent when it's not needed.

  

  Ajay Mehta
  • Character
  • Respect
  • Effort

• In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

  

  Don Marquis
  • Women
  • Church
  • Devil

• I've been really lucky to work with some of the best writers in the business.

  

  Cullen Bunn
  • Work
  • Business

• Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Bi-coastal

• Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Time
  • Lie
  • Taxes

• When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I was empowered and different; that's why superheroes, comics, manga, and video games filled my needs. When I got older, I realized power is not free; it comes with responsibility.

  

  Jenova Chen
  • Life
  • Different
  • School

• I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good practice to write things down.

  

  Judy Blume
  • Writing
  • Practice
  • Teenager

• I put my mother through a lot when I was a teenager. I used to lie a lot. Now, we talk all the time.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Teenager
  • Lie
  • My Mother