Carrie Jones Quotes

What we do, our choices, that's what defines us.

Carrie Jones

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• We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Peace
  • Religion
  • Harmony

• I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Read
  • Because
  • Shakespeare

• In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Technology
  • Embrace
  • U.S.

• I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • Time
  • Home
  • She

• The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Time
  • Success
  • Failure

• Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Wisdom
  • Goodness
  • Root

• I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • She
  • Mom
  • Same

• We all do stupid things.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Things
  • Stupid

• Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Mom
  • Shows
  • Caught

• I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.

  

  Vijay Mallya
  • World
  • Believe
  • Future

• I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it.

  

  Joan Allen
  • People
  • Up
  • Women

• I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

  

  Joan Allen

• The diverse threats we face are increasingly cyber-based. Much of America's most sensitive data is stored on computers. We are losing data, money, and ideas through cyber intrusions. This threatens innovation and, as citizens, we are also increasingly vulnerable to losing our personal information.

  

  James Comey
  • Money
  • America
  • Innovation

• A lot of actors, you can't get them to shut up. Instead of listening and watching, they're always telling you something.

  

  Mark Rylance
  • Up
  • Listening

• On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • School
  • Education
  • English

• As far as 'Dahmer' and 'Jumanji' are concerned, with both of them, they felt super raw and affecting, but in their own ways. I also thought 'Jumanji' was completely not trying to be anything except what it was, and I found it to be hilarious.

  

  Alex Wolff
  • Trying
  • Hilarious

• People say a lot of things about LeBron, but he just keeps having a good mentality and grinding. That's what I try to do, proving people wrong by what I do on the court.

  

  Ben Simmons
  • People
  • Good

• I have a lot of male friends.

  

  Joan Collins
  • Friends

• There are no shortcuts to true excellence.

  

  Angela Duckworth
  • True
  • Excellence

• In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

  

  Pink
  • Kids

• Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Children
  • Future
  • Responsibility

• Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.

  

  Oliver DeMille
  • Great
  • History
  • Education

• We want to hear, we long to hear, “I screwed up. I will do my best to ensure that it will not happen again.” Most of us are not impressed when a leader offers the form of Kennedy’s admission without its essence, as in Ronald Reagan’s response to the Iran-Contra scandal, which may be summarized as “I didn’t do anything wrong myself, but it happened on my watch, so, well, I guess I’ll take responsibility.” That doesn’t cut it.

  

  Carol Tavris
  • Best
  • Happen
  • Hear

• What we do, our choices, that's what defines us.

  

  Carrie Jones
  • Choices
  • To Do
  • What