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I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#games #i #image #like #looked

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#characters #come #creating #how #i

Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#everybody #get #goes #life #movies

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#aspire #change #folks #how #image

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#first #first time #get #grew #i

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#audience #certain #certain kinds #character #characters

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#accomplished #after #already #blessing #continued

Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#face #how #i #injury #learn

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#common #common law #could #course #discipline

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#boarding #boarding school #bottom #course #down