Anthony Yarde I told my boss, ‘Thank you – but I’m not going to be here tomorrow. I’m going to pursue my career as a boxer.’ I remember the woman actually laughed at me. She giggled and said, ‘Boxing? Well, good luck.’ – Anthony Yarde Boss Quotes Boxer Quotes Boxing Quotes Career Quotes Giggled Quotes Laughed Quotes Luck Quotes Pursue Quotes Remember Quotes Told Quotes Tomorrow Quotes Woman Quotes I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years is a lot by modern standards. I haven’t done no trash talking. And, I don’t do trash talking.
ComputersEugene Jarvis I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager. – Eugene Jarvis
Sebastian Junger If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have. – Sebastian Junger
Joseph Kosinski It’s a fine line to find that balance: to show people enough to give them the promise of something unique, and something they want to see, but at the same time make sure that when they show up for the movie, they’re surprised by what they eventually get. – Joseph Kosinski
Nina Conti My puppets are far more liberated than I am. Ventriloquism is a useful way of expressing myself. – Nina Conti
Robert Palmer I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I’d done anything like that in my life. I was not brought up with the blues or anything like that, and I really, really enjoyed it. – Robert Palmer
Ruth Ozeki When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you’re not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they’re driving the vehicle. – Ruth Ozeki
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