Eugene Puryear Quotes
I got involved as an activist when I was in high school, around the Iraq war. That's how I got involved. It seemed like, OK, we're going to go to war. It doesn't seem like a good idea. Someone should do something. I'm looking around and, like, I am someone, and I might not be able to do everything, but I can do something.
Quotes to Explore
-
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
-
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
-
About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
-
One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
-
I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
-
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
-
I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a book and see the whole outline of it.
-
In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
-
Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.
-
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
-
I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
-
You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
-
I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
-
It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
-
You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
-
I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.
-
I think I'm being conservative when I say there are more people playing soccer in the United States than in 90% of the world's other countries, probably 95%.
-
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage.
-
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
-
An option hides where we don't want it to hide.
-
Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war.
-
High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.
-
People say 'go with the flow' but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish.
-
I got involved as an activist when I was in high school, around the Iraq war. That's how I got involved. It seemed like, OK, we're going to go to war. It doesn't seem like a good idea. Someone should do something. I'm looking around and, like, I am someone, and I might not be able to do everything, but I can do something.
