- Nov 07, 2020
Just Quotes
On simplicity and things that just come together.
The word 'just' does a lot of work in these quotes, minimizing effort, describing creativity in unexpected places, or downplaying how a career path came about at all. For more, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Conversations
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just operate on the assumption that all phone conversations are bugged.
- English Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a poet in Pittsburgh. When I lived in the South, I was a basketball player and primarily a jock. An English teacher essentially suggested that I send the poems that I'd been writing - really just for him - to a few programs, so that when I wound up in Pittsburgh, it's where I figured out that I could actually be a poet.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poems are a form of music, and language just happens to be our instrument - language and breath.
- Scientist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to be a scientist.
- Same
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned by example. ...As a kid you think you are just the same as other adults.
- Hopes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not give money for just mere hopes.
- Tough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just tough.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just going to go out and prove that I'm the best guy.
- Confident
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just confident in myself and my capability to be able to play this position.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't have to do anything extra, don't have to put any S's on our chests, capes on our backs. We just have to do our job and do our job well.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to just maximize every rep I can get and every opportunity I can take.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020