Mike Vallely (Mike V) Quotes

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

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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

• I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.

  

  Callan McAuliffe
  • Nature
  • Actor
  • Africa

• Time is generally the best doctor.

  

  Ovid
  • Time
  • Best
  • Medical

• I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • Think
  • Perfection
  • Strive

• I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • May
  • America
  • You

• I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Growing

• What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Think
  • Single
  • Day

• I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Dad
  • Myself
  • New York

• Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.

  

  Fatos Nano
  • Today
  • Same
  • Globalization

• I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Away
  • Pass

• There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Meaningful

• 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

• Women are complicated. We all know that.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Women
  • Know
  • Complicated

• I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Live
  • Help
  • Purpose

• Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

  

  Uta Hagen
  • Human
  • Theatre
  • Stage

• The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Kids
  • You
  • Never

• Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Religion
  • Race
  • Geography

• I am not hungry for roles on TV or in films. I am happy being a social media sensation.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Happy
  • Media
  • Social Media

• U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.

  

  David Ignatius
  • Power
  • Military

• Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.

  

  Pilou Asbaek
  • Work

• We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass. There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve.

  

  Alexi Giannoulias
  • Focus
  • Wind
  • Green

• I grew up thinking that I would become a fighter pilot and was fascinated by aircrafts as I had grown up around that. But my father encouraged me to not become an Air Force person, given the varied interests I had, be it books, movies, sports or fighter flying.

  

  Kapil Sharma
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Father

• Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on.

  

  Jon Jones
  • Life
  • Bad
  • Athlete

• We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

  

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  • Sports
  • Athlete
  • Skater