LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Do it even when you don't feel like it. You need endurance to get through life... When you say you're going to do something and don't do it, you'll feel like you can't trust yourself. How about being able to trust the man in the mirror?
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				LL Cool J 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
	
	
	
	
		Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taslima Nasrin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would love to play 'Funny Girl' or 'Evita,' but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don't know if there needs to be another version of those shows. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Mann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Gillick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Wang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				K. Flay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karlie Kloss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pam Dawber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venus Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A.J. Styles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne McGregor