Quotes About Resilience

So no, I don't think we've lost our edge at all.

My father made about $25 a week. We always lived just on the edge.

One of the big takeaways from Iraq was that you have to not lose confidence in what you are doing. We were able to go to the edge of the abyss without losing hope.

I've always played with an edge.

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

Going through cancer is bad enough, but the side effects of all the stuff that's supposed to make you better can sometimes be as difficult to deal with as the disease itself.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

I come from the theater. Nothing is as difficult as working eight shows a week. Period. End of story.

If someone hit you in the face 7 times, you're not just going to smile on the eighth.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me.

I started getting RSI in my wrists and my elbow from playing really hard, so I started looping.

When I was five, I compound-fractured my arm, pulverising my elbow.

We need our HBCUs. The youth need our HBCUs. The elders need our HBCUs.

The election of 2016 changed a lot of us.

I love this country, and I won't let losing an election force me away from the process.

Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process.

I went to seven different elementary schools.

People of Kerala will never allow divisive elements to succeed.

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.

Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.

For me, I love the path that I have taken on. I take all of my experiences; I eliminate all of the bad and take all of the positive.