- Nov 07, 2020
Survive Quotes
On resilience, and what it takes to last.
These lines treat survival as both a skill learned young and a mindset carried forward, one describing a tough neighborhood upbringing that instills a bring-it-on attitude. Related: Believe.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a youngster, I lived in Philly for 12 years, and I would go up to New York to do shows and make money - it was the dream to maybe be able to survive there and live there.
- Small
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes wonder if we'll survive our own ingenuity.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
If mountain gorillas are to survive and propagate, far more active conservation measures urgently need to be undertaken. The question remains, is it already too late?
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
- Glorification
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- Nov 07, 2020
How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Latin America, many people live with outstretched hands. Throughout the hemisphere, paternalistic governments accustom people to receiving just enough to survive instead of participating in society.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage fascinates me: how we negotiate its span, how we change within it, how it changes itself, and why some relationships survive and others do not. There isn't a single marriage that couldn't provide enough narrative arc for a novel.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020