Paige VanZant Quotes

I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.

Paige VanZant

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• I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • School
  • Comedy
  • Middle

• Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Passion
  • Focus
  • Skill

• It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Good
  • Work
  • Mind

• There are very few fundamental shifts in global infrastructure that can happen in our life times. The financial infrastructure is one of them, and the Blockchain is changing the way we think about the transfer of value.

  

  Adam Draper
  • Life
  • Value
  • Financial

• I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.

  

  Fannie Flagg
  • People
  • Life
  • Feelings

• I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.

  

  Kaskade
  • Life
  • Chicago
  • Decisions

• I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Work
  • Long

• I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.

  

  Dallas Roberts
  • Up
  • Good
  • Bad

• Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • People
  • Long
  • Today

• I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Reality
  • Best

• To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Up
  • Truth
  • Future

• People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • You
  • Easier

• Just try to focus one game at a time, not worry about points or anything like that. Worry about playing the right way and see what comes of it.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Time
  • Game
  • Focus

• I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Humor

• I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.

  

  Otis Rush
  • People
  • Know
  • Play

• Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Life
  • Work
  • Attitude

• What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?

  

  Lewis H. Lapham
  • People
  • American
  • History

• I have a road bike and a mountain bike, and I tend to use them both a lot. They help you keep your balance and your stamina.

  

  Andy Serkis
  • Help
  • Road
  • Balance

• I do enjoy a beer. And a shot of vodka with some apple juice is what loosens me up before I go onstage, because I get really nervous. I wish I could say it was something more healthy, like Pilates.

  

  Ladyhawke
  • Up
  • Wish
  • Beer

• I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friendly way.

  

  Jane Goldman
  • Dark

• I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • World
  • Thought
  • End

• I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.

  

  Paige VanZant
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