Staying Quotes - Page 24

• I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.

  Jonathan Demme

  Cutting, Long, Trying

  "Jonathan Demme Discusses 'Journeys' & The Magic Of Neil Young" by Jeff Otto, www.indiewire.com. June 26, 2012.

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• I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.

  Melinda Gates

  Children, School, Thinking

  "Philantropist Melinda Gates advocates for Americans to make education top domestic issue in 2008 election". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. April 25, 2007.

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• I'm a fool to keep staying, when you've made hurting me such an art.

  Dolly Parton

  Hurt, Art, Media

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• The drinking bone is connected to the party bone, the party bone is connected to the staying out all night long.

  Tracy Byrd

  Party, Drinking, Night

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• Persistence is nothing more than staying in motion

  Ken Evoy

  Persistence

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• I'm neither left or right. I'm just staying home tonight, getting lost in that hopeless little screen.

  Leonard Cohen

  Home, Littles, Tonight

  Song: Democracy

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• The difficulty lay with the mind accommodating itself to the notion of the plane, with all its weight, defying gravity, staying aloft. She understood the aerodynamics of flight, could comprehend the laws of physics that made flight possible, but her heart, at the moment, would have none of it. Her heart knew the plane could fall out of the sky.

  Anita Shreve

  Fall, Heart, Law

  Anita Shreve (1998). “The Pilot's Wife”, Little, Brown

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• I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.

  Matt Cameron

  Hard Times, Night, Shapes

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• I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.

  Edie Falco

  Night, Needs, Going Out

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• Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do.

  Stedman Graham

  Thinking, People, Understanding

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. September 22, 2006.

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• I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.

  Amanda Hocking

  Dog, Book, Mind

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• I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working.

  Mark Hamill

  Home, House, World

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• The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system.

  Constance Jablonski

  Support Systems, Old Friends, Trying

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• After four years as Administrator of the SBA, I have let President Obama know that I will not be staying for a second term. I will stay on until my successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.

  Karen Mills

  Years, President, Transition

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• I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.

  Frances O'Connor

  Somewhere Else, Parent, Older Sister

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think it's really important to keep on staying motivated.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Thinking, Important, Motivated

  "Q & A With Wolfgang Puck, Part 2: Spago (The Musical), Life in an Austrian Kitchen + The Joys of HSN". Interview with Amy Scattergood, www.laweekly.com. May 28, 2010.

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• If somebody knows me, they know for sure I'm from Poland because I'm playing for my country every tournament, every match. I'm staying in my hometown and my home country because that is where I feel comfortable. I feel good there.

  Agnieszka Radwanska

  Country, Home, Feel Good

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• Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Powerful, Challenges, Identity

  Feisal Abdul Rauf (2012). “Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.

  Otis Rush

  Guitar, Play, Water

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• If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.

  Wayne Rooney

  Sleep, Hotel, My Own

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• People are working harder and harder than ever before and barely staying in place.

  Jim Talent

  People, Harder

  "The Bain Debate: How Much Will Voters Care About Romney's Role?". "PBS NewsHour" with Judith Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 21, 2012.

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• No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are here, so I'm going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell me I've got to go, which maybe one day they will, but for now I'm definitely staying.

  John Terry

  One Day, My Friends, Chelsea

  "Who do you like best, José, Avram or Big Phil?" by Oscar Witt, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2009.

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• You can just stay in oblivion, going through your days and your life and your experiences, staying with your friends, family. If that suits you, it's good. But for some people, it's not enough.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Suits You

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• We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.

  Criss Jami

  Reality, Thinking, Islands

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.33, Criss Jami

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• I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.

  Kristanna Loken

  Jobs, New York, Couple

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