Supportive Quotes - Page 16

• The comedy community is fairly supportive of human beings in general. There are some things you can teach with comedy that people can't learn by being hit over the head with facts. I think, as comedians, we're trying to change the world. It's slow, but sure.

  Colin Mochrie

  Thinking, People, Community

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I think it's important to encourage young people to tell their own stories and to speak openly about their own experiences with the criminal justice system and the experiences of their family. We need to ensure that the classroom environment is a supportive one so that the shame and stigma can be dispelled.

  Michelle Alexander

  Thinking, People, Justice

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The Mirror has become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it, supportive of the establishment, some of it quite rabidly rightwing. The Mirror is breaking ranks, and that's good news.

  John Pilger

  Mirrors, Media, Important

  Source: progressive.org

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• All I'm saying is [John McCain] cannot look a soldier in the eye and say "Questioning the president is less supportive to you than extending your tour three months." You should be coming home to your family.

  Jon Stewart

  Eye, Home, Soldier

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Michael Phelps is a good friend of mine, so I'm very supportive of him.

  Apolo Ohno

  Good Friend, Mines

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• Yes, when they're buying there are more buyers in the market and that's supportive of the price. The more buyers you have, the firmer the price is going to be. When central banks were selling it was a headwind the market had to overcome. Now it's a tailwind that central banks are joining the buyers.

  Peter Schiff

  Overcoming, Selling

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• The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to work with businesses so they work with women and make it easy and supportive for them to come back into the workplace.

  Mary Portas

  Elephants, Needs, Rooms

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• I do feel like L.A. has a very supportive and collaborative energy. I felt that in New York too but also there's so much space here! You can have a home studio. In New York you had to rent a room to do a session or to practice. As a solo artist, it was a lot more expensive. Here there is that comfort in lifestyle a little bit more, being able to breathe a little bit more, and creatively flow, not having to stress about how to get our gear there in a cab and pay by the hour, it's just a different vibe.

  Alex Winston

  Stress, Home, Artist

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• When my parents realized that what I liked was fashion, they gave me good advice. I remember my father telling me that I should try to do an internship. They never said, "This is a world we don't know; it might be something strange," or "That is not serious," or things like that. They always said, "Try. We'll help you. We'll send drawings to people if you want. We'll write letters for you." What I'm very thankful for is they never made me think that something was impossible. They were really, really supportive. They are still.

  Nicolas Ghesquiere

  Fashion, Father, Writing

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• I had pestered [Phil Wood] for a long time. He finally agreed to do it. And I was excited and nervous and he couldn't have been nicer or more supportive from the minute I got to his house.

  Jon Gordon

  Long, House, Woods

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• I knew I wanted to go to college and I wanted to study it acting, so I just looked for the best school that I could get into. Luckily, I had very supportive parents. I went to a conservatory that is basically drama school. You take one English class and one history class for four years but you don't take any other science or anything like that. It's strictly, from 7am until night, all acting. It's a lot. Some people find it too much, but for me I was preparing for a career and I never really looked back.

  Patrick Wilson

  Drama, School, Night

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• You get so much more out of life by being supportive and having loving friends who are there for you. Good friendships can make your heart light; it can make you feel giddy; it can make you feel like when you fall in love.

  Poppy Delevingne

  Falling In Love, Heart, Good Friend

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• My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always made me feel very welcome; I didn't feel guilty at all about pursuing chess with such fervour. They never, for instance, perceived sports as a rival to academics.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Sports, Home, School

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• My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

  Nellie McKay

  Mom, Parent, Trouble

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• My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Mother, Father, Nice

  "Alexander McCall Smith: My family values". Interview with Michelle Hodgson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

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• As a Christian, I think it’s really important to find a man of God to trust and be supportive of me.

  Leven Rambin

  Christian, Men, Thinking

  "Grey's Anatomy's Leven Rambin Prayed to Get Engaged" by David Caplan, people.com. February 10, 2010.

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• Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.

  Anthony Rapp

  Parent, Ifs, Loses

  "From musical to memoir, actor Anthony Rapp comes up with dramatic making-of 'Rent' story and moving personal one" by David Wiegand, www.sfgate.com. February 21, 2006.

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• I feel like I'm really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I have a really amazing family. My parents are so supportive. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters, and they're really awesome. So I feel like I get the best of both worlds.

  Aly Raisman

  Brother, Blessed, Two

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• My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.

  Archie Panjabi

  Mother, Teacher, Father

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.

  Archie Panjabi

  Children, Careers, Parent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again.

  Ana Ortiz

  Mother, School, Doe

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• In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.

  Tea Obreht

  Mother, Writing, Careers

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• I think so many great artists are flocking to LA because the downtown art scene is so vibrant, there is cheap living and you can really flourish as an artist there. There is an unbelievably supportive and really smart, talented theatre audience in LA full of young, hungry, vibrant people. It's something that sort of makes me think of what New York must have been like in its downtown theater scene in the 1980s - before my time.

  Jon Bernthal

  Art, New York, Thinking

  "BWW EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal Talks WALKING DEAD Season Premiere, Theatre Background & More!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 16, 2011.

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• Love. It's God's greatest gift. He fills our world with it and makes sure we grow up with caring, supportive parents. I'm just kidding. Pain is God's greatest gift. Pain is God's way of saying, "Hurts, don't it ? Wel, go ahead. Say, me dammit again."

  Christopher Titus

  Hurt, Growing Up, Pain

  "Titus / Racing in the Streets". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• I didn't take the typical path and go to college after high school. Instead, I saved up money from teaching dance classes and moved to L.A. But my family was so supportive - I never felt pressure from them. It's crucial to find a support system, even if it's not your family.

  Dianna Agron

  Teaching, School, College

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