Derby Girl Quotes & Sayings

For centuries, the horrors of war have been sculpted by artists so people would never forget. — Jerry Speyer

Good storytelling for me is not so much technical expertise, which I know is applauded often; it's actually freshness of approach. It does mean you sometimes stumble and fall and make a horrible mess of things in seeking that freshness, but you should always keep trying to do that. — Danny Boyle

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society. — Tim Hardaway

When I came to the last line of 'Car Crash While Hitchhiking,' I read it as a pitiless statement of indifference: a refusal to warn the family of their impending collision, a refusal to help when miraculously spared, a refusal to act on the empathy hiding behind the story's language. — Anthony Marra

I just can't see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I see in his eyes, his head, he's hopeless - and I'm just deliberately hitting. I don't do that. — Muhammad Ali

There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself after my album. — Brian Posehn

I simply didn't know how to make things better. I could not solve the puzzle of me. — Gail Honeyman

I desperately miss my girls when I am working, and I often feel guilty, but also feel the journey I am on is for them too. When I am on my 16th hour of a day and can barely keep my eyes open, they drive me forward. — Mika Brzezinski

A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is a popular superstition that "realism" asserts itself in the cataloguing of a great number of material objects, in explaining mechanical processes, the methods of operating manufactories and trades, and in minutely and unsparingly describing physical sensations. But is not realism, more than it is anything else, an attitude of mind on the part of the writer toward his material, a vague indication of the sympathy and candour with which he accepts, rather than chooses, his theme? — Willa Cather

And I know I'm sarcastic and defensive and I make a joke out of everything and am highly resistant to anything that reeks of sentimental corniness, but I'm giving you my heart anyway because being with you feels like home, and I know you won't break it. — Shauna Cross

I've watched Lo become sober.
I've watched Lily curb a relentless addiction. (I'm proud of you, sis.)
I've watched Rose blaze her own trail and put fire to stereotypes.
I've watched Connor fall in love. With more than just himself.
I've watched Ryke Meadows unclip his shackles and rise again.
And me. I've discovered who I am. — Krista Ritchie

Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away. — Charlie Korsmo

A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses. — Zhuangzi

I don't know much about football, but when I see one player take his opponent down with a gruesome flying tackle, I can't help but have immediate, newfound respect. Any derby girl worth her skates would kill to throw a block like that. — Shauna Cross

You accidentally punched him?" Wyatt asked, suppressing a chuckle. "I'm not sure you have a full understanding of the whole bodyguard thing. — Michael J. Sullivan

Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others. — John Templeton

No matter how often or deeply I thought about the struggled past or the sorrow and promise of the present, I couldn't make that leap of confidence or trust or faith into the future. There was something missing: some calculation, some piece of evidence or parallax view of my life that would make it all clear to me, I was sure, but I didn't know what it was. — Gregory David Roberts