Troy Polamalu Quotes

Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.

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• I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.

  

  C. J. Box
  • People
  • Children
  • Real

• For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Power
  • Political
  • Respect

• I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Always
  • Acting
  • Going

• I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

  

  Natalie Coughlin
  • Hate
  • Always
  • Trials

• Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Time
  • Inevitable
  • Incredible

• I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Actor
  • Right
  • Working

• The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Strong
  • Film
  • Hollywood

• Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Dogs
  • Cats

• You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

  

  Malorie Blackman
  • World
  • Talent
  • Determination

• I'd quite like to direct. I don't think it will happen, but my urge is that way inclined.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Think
  • Way
  • Happen

• I feel like with anything you choose to do in this world, there are always gonna be people who disagree. But I've had a lot more supporters than critics.

  

  Halima Aden
  • People
  • World
  • Choose

• When we made 'Shaun of the Dead,' it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Stop
  • Film
  • First

• We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Challenge

• The nature of this melancholy becomes clearer, once one asks the question, with whom does the historical writer of historicism actually empathize. The answer is irrefutably with the victor. Those who currently rule are however the heirs of all those who have ever been victorious. Empathy with the victors thus comes to benefit the current rulers every time.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Time
  • Nature
  • Question

• If we allow ourselves to dwell on negatives, on hurts, on mistreatments, we will be negative thinkers. So be open to positive thinking, THINK BIG!

  

  Ben Carson
  • Thinking
  • Positive

• What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute.

  

  Ben Carson
  • Feeling
  • Health

• As I continue to develop my relationship with Him, I have discovered that God is a nice guy.

  

  Ben Carson
  • God
  • Guy
  • Relationship

• Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.

  

  Anthony J. D'Angelo
  • Reality
  • Perception

• If you have removed those people and situations that make your life more drama-like, then you're definitely a success. After all, who doesn't enjoy a quieter home and workplace?

  

  John Rampton
  • People
  • Life
  • Home

• It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.

  

  Northrop Frye
  • Language
  • Clear
  • Surrender

• Once you have two buyers, you can usually make the assumption that you have a limited downside risk.

  

  Jeff Cohen
  • Risk
  • Assumption
  • Limited

• Looking back on the event, I find myself thinking there are three approaches to journalism represented here. One is the "cool" approach of traditional journalism, including network broadcasting in which NPR is no exception. One is the "hot" approach of talk radio, which has since expanded to TV sports networks and now Fox TV. The third is the engaged approach of weblogging.

  

  David "Doc" Searls
  • Funny
  • Sports
  • Journalism

• I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I didn't really know how you would become a singer. I didn't even think that I could do it. I didn't even dream about it. But when I was 12, it was that year where I got tall, boys got cute, everything was weird. Then my parents split up on top of that, so it was a big year of change for me.

  

  Kelsea Ballerini
  • Up
  • Dream
  • Parents

• Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.

  

  Troy Polamalu
  • Sports
  • Risk
  • Made