Adrian Cronauer Quotes
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
Quotes to Explore
-
To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
-
I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
-
Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
-
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
-
I never thought I'd be an actor.
-
'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
-
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
-
My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
-
Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
-
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
-
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
-
I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
-
Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
-
I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
-
I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
-
There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
-
I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
-
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
-
I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.
-
You have to understand that Roger Ailes was a king. He was on the cover of multiple industry publications as the most powerful man in news. And at Fox News, there was no one else with power. So you didn't want to get on the wrong side of him because he was actually beloved inside the building and very well-liked in the industry.
-
Remarks by the President at the Dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (24 September 2016)
-
Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?
-
My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.
-
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
