Ryan Sheckler (Ryan Allen Sheckler) Quotes
This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
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The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us.
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I am an Air Force brat who grew up at various Air Force bases. I changed six schools in about five years and got stability for the first time when I was sent to a boarding school, Rishi Valley. I lived outside of a cantonment-style living and was among an eclectic mix of kids and got exposed to books and other things.
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If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.
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Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.
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Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.
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Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.
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Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
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We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.
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For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
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Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.
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I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is if you have 10 views that land you on the left side of the aisle and two views that land you on the right side of the aisle, then people just put you on the right side of the aisle. I'm not sure why.
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You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.
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Cities don’t make people poor; they attract poor people.
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This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.
