If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent or genius can make up for it.
Stephen RichardsI didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, maybe someday I'm going to have a shoe named after me.'
Sheryl SwoopesCertain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.
Sylvester StalloneThey look at someone like me, and I just really get up their nose. I really wind them up.
Tracey EminI feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.
Tom LehrerGreat teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.
Taylor MaliWhen I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.
Trent ReznorPrices have stayed up because people in control of supply decided they could keep them up.
John WilsonFrederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.
Juan Williams