Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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• God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • People
  • God
  • Power

• I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Time
  • Good
  • Trying

• If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Self
  • Conquer
  • Brainy

• Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Work
  • Music
  • Genius

• I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Friends
  • Community
  • Grew

• The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

  

  Hank Johnson
  • Education
  • Stress
  • Student

• I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • People
  • Time
  • Conversation

• I'm proud of my sexuality.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Proud
  • Sexuality

• My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Parents
  • Best
  • Always

• It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.

  

  Nalo Hopkinson
  • Writing
  • Health
  • Learning

• I'm someone who believes in 'live and let live,' and that applies to everything.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Live
  • Everything
  • Someone

• At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Work
  • Culture
  • Competitive

• I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Running
  • Morning
  • Look

• I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Want
  • Ever
  • Depend

• I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Up
  • Culture
  • Proud

• It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham

• Cuando ya nada me quede, no pediré más nada.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• By requiring all 30 million Americans age 18 to 25 to perform two years of national service, in the military or civilian life, we will be asking for a shared sacrifice from all American citizens.

  Charles B. Rangel
  • Life
  • American
  • Age

• I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.

  

  Dennis Haysbert
  • Different
  • Live
  • School

• As silly as it sounds, I want to do some sort of superhero type of role. That's always been something I'm interested in.

  

  Meagan Tandy
  • Silly
  • Superhero

• I do a little bit of minimal brow wrangling myself. I get the strays out of the way.

  

  Jennifer Connelly

• The remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.

  

  Bill Bryson

• Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

  

  Roy Blount, Jr.
  • College
  • Football