David Paterson Quotes

I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn't think I could do.

David Paterson

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• I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • You
  • Fashion
  • London

• It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Good
  • Music
  • Diversity

• Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Time
  • Want
  • Better

• I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Want
  • You
  • Blow

• I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.

  

  Ice T
  • Up
  • House
  • Parents

• In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Time
  • Business
  • Reading

• As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.

  

  Jacob Epstein
  • Great
  • Serious
  • Child

• The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.

  

  Kate Baldwin
  • Myself
  • Always
  • Start

• And all for love, and nothing for reward.

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Nothing

• I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Country
  • Vision
  • Run

• I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • Believe
  • Politics
  • Any

• In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • America
  • You
  • Walk

• To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Equal
  • Worth
  • Twice

• But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?

  

  Frances Wright
  • May
  • Attention
  • Feelings

• I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Love
  • Side
  • Stuck

• Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Health
  • Difficulties

• One of my core principles is that I will never engage in a politics in which I'm trying to divide people or make them less than me because they look different or have a different religion. That's a core principle, that's not something I would violate.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Different
  • Trying

• But isn't it wrong to be motivated by reward? No, it isn't. If it were wrong, Christ wouldn't offer it to us a motivation.

  

  Randy Alcorn
  • Wrong
  • Motivated
  • Reward

• I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have made a record that was experimental. Usually, the idea of a solo record is to get some weird stuff out of your system, but I don't think like that. I wasn't interested in making something that was a hard listen - maybe I'll get around to that some other time. I wanted it to sound effortless, not like I was trying to reinvent the wheel.

  

  Johnny Marr Pretenders
  • Desire
  • Records
  • Interested

• When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Good
  • Why
  • Pretty

• I think Illium can take care of himself.” “Not if he keeps flirting with you.” A fine, almost elegant tendril of heat, champagne and sunshine, decadence in the light. “Raphael’s not the sharing kind.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Thinking
  • Light
  • Sunshine

• The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Freedom
  • Doubt

• I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn't think I could do.

  

  David Paterson
  • Desire
  • Things
  • Wrong