Emma Weymouth I’ve been lucky that I haven’t encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds. – Emma Weymouth Adversity Quotes Backgrounds Quotes Encountered Quotes Friends Quotes Growing Quotes London Quotes Lucky Quotes I went to hospital and they gave me an MRI scan and thought it was a non-cancerous tumour, because I had bled in my pituitary gland. It was very painful, so they ended up delivering John early. That whole process was terrifying. All I cared about was John. I’m like a cookie-making machine sometimes – they go so quickly and I have to make more.
Dave Brubeck Many people don’t understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz… And that is really the idea of democracy – freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don’t just get out there and do anything you want. – Dave Brubeck
Kelly Marie Tran I’m one of those people where, if I get a piece of advice from someone I look up to and respect, I’ll really listen to it. – Kelly Marie Tran
Chris Van Allsburg The whole idea of being mesmerized and not in control of your own actions is fascinating and a little spooky. I remember hearing about someone who’d gone to a magic act, and a person in the audience had become hypnotized by observing too closely what magician was doing on stage, and thought it was spooky to lose your consciousness that way. – Chris Van Allsburg
Paz de la Huerta Women have said the most malicious, disgusting things about me. But I know that when somebody comments about you, good or bad, it is 99 percent of the time their projection of how they feel about themselves. – Paz de la Huerta
Paterson Joseph There was nothing around me that would have given me heroes who happened to be Black. And I don’t think anybody can understand how that feels, unless you are that person. It’s very difficult to understand what it’s like to be shut out of a narrative. – Paterson Joseph
Sal Albanese I can’t solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids. – Sal Albanese
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