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

• 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

• 'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.

  

  J Mascis
  • Bones
  • Some
  • Kick

• To create an open protocol which helps coordinate resources towards a common goal, the resources need to be known at some level in the same way a lot of of data on the web needs to be public for it to be traversable and useful.

  

  Fred Ehrsam

• You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Up
  • You
  • Play

• Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

  

  Conrad Veidt
  • Night
  • Forest

• I loved all sports, and New York's a pretty good sports town, and the Giants - I don't know why we chose the Giants over the Jets, but we chose the Giants.

  

  Andy Grammer
  • Good
  • Why
  • Pretty

• Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'

  

  Marta Vieira da Silva
  • People
  • Family
  • Why

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

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • Sports
  • Athlete
  • Skater