#staying

My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#always #behind #dad #daughter #deserved

Am I being typecast as a horrible person? I don't know. I don't think so. But if it happens, I'd rather get to play that, because there's nothing fun about being sweet. Sweet can be so boring, so I'd be happy staying away from that. ↗

— January Jones

#am #away #be happy #because #being

I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#arouse #breaks #community #conscience #expressing

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#dedicated #force #i #into #lean

I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#chicago #doing #family #felt #financial

What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#dalai #dalai lama #destruction #died #had

There's a window in my life which is football. I try to remember that it's not going to be there forever. That's why staying humble is important; knowing who I am and the message I'm sending out. I always try to be a person first, before I'm No. 55 on the football field. ↗

— Junior Seau

#am #before #field #first #football

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside. ↗

— Carly Simon

#any #cause #desire #get #inside

Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff... and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power. ↗

— Trish Stratus

#backstage #contribute #cut #entertaining #go

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#here #i #i think #staying #think