Benjamin Todd Jealous Quotes

The difference between a child's aspiration and that family's situation, is the exact measurement of that family's frustrations.

Benjamin Todd Jealous

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• My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.

  

  H. Robert Horvitz
  • Work
  • Women
  • Family

• I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Up
  • Family
  • Business

• I have a suicide impulse.

  

  Hal Holbrook
  • Suicide
  • Impulse

• Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Work
  • Important
  • Family

• You aren't your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family... your anything. You're a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Work
  • Family

• All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

  

  Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Way

• I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Thinking
  • Mind
  • Family

• I would say that Juventus is a myth not only in Italy, because it's the most loved team in Italy, but also around the world. And it has been in my family since birth.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • World
  • Family
  • Team

• For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Family
  • Love
  • Friends

• I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Family
  • Name
  • Outside

• Today's kitchen is all about a well-planned space that makes cooking a completely interactive experience among family and friends.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Family
  • Experience
  • Friends

• To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Together

• I Skype my mum every day. Everyone in my family does creative things, so it's nice to have that support.

  

  Tali Lennox
  • Family
  • Support
  • Nice

• I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.

  

  Wendi Deng Murdoch
  • Up
  • Live
  • Children

• Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • Family
  • Home
  • Rest

• My mom's family is Russian Jewish, and my dad's Puerto Rico Catholic, so it's kind of a weird mix.

  

  Ian Gomez
  • Family
  • Dad
  • Mom

• I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Family
  • Because
  • Busy

• Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.

  

  Kara Lindsay
  • Family
  • Home
  • Peace

• Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • People
  • Important
  • Family

• As far as base humiliation goes, acting is a tough business. It's a tough, embarrassing thing to do for a living when you're starting out, and you better not have any ego or pride, because that will be wiped away clean by utter devastation.

  

  Adam Scott
  • Business
  • Pride
  • Ego

• As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

  Charles B. Rangel
  • Believe

• The interesting thing is that everyone in golf is just nice. You learn a lot about people playing golf: their integrity, how they play under pressure.

  

  Donald Trump
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Nice

• I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!

  

  April Bloomfield
  • Pretty

• The difference between a child's aspiration and that family's situation, is the exact measurement of that family's frustrations.

  

  Benjamin Todd Jealous
  • Family