Thrive Quotes

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You can`t help but find that violence is endlessly fascinating--and I mean true violence, not action-movie violence, just because it is used as the answer to so many problems. We`re all taught as kids not to be violent, but you can`t help but also see that violence is what works very often. Bullies thrive.

- Christian Bale

(2007 - On his career) I`ve been able to work on movies that I like very much in the past few years, which I think have turned out how I had hoped that they would. And, I`m human, you know; that makes me feel good. I like it when people like what I do. I don`t like it when people are laughing at me for what I do, you know? I mean, I`d love to say I was completely impervious to anybody`s opinion, but that just ain`t the truth. Of course, it matters. At the same time, there`s also a danger when you start playing it too safe. After all, what am I paid to do? I`m paid to essentially make an ass out of myself, if needed. And occasionally, in doing that, you`re going to fall flat on your face. But, I have learned, through doing that numerous times in my life, that there`s also a ton of enjoyment to what other people see as humiliation. You can actually come to sort of thrive on that, because in a way, it kind of leads to a sort of fearlessness, if you genuinely don`t mind. If the point is that you tried, I think that really is the most important thing. And, like you said, I feel like I`ve been very fortunate in the last couple of years that I`ve gotten to do what I loved, which is actually the making of movies, and on top of that, if I`ve liked how the movies have turned out themselves, then that`s fantastic. But, to start getting too comfortable within that would be eventually to start churning out boring, boring chaff.

- Christian Bale

I thrive on change. That`s probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They`ll be going along on one key and I`ll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that`s how my life is.

- Joni Mitchell

You can`t help but find that violence is endlessly fascinating-and I mean true violence, not action-movie violence, just because it is used as the answer to so many problems. We`re all taught as kids not to be violent, but you can`t help but also see that violence is what works very often. Bullies thrive.

- Christian Bale

I don`t have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

- Jack Nicholson

A lot of directors don`t want the pressure of a movie the size of `Pearl Harbor (2001)`. But I love it. I thrive on it.

- Michael Bay

A lot of directors don`t want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.

- Michael Bay

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.

- Nicolas Cage

It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I`m a bit of a moving target in that way.

- Stockard Channing

I do thrive on hard work.

- David Tennant

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

- Gavin Newsom

Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.

- Itzhak Perlman

I think really what I`m saying is that I thrive on adversity.

- Richard Marx

I told the linemen, `I need one little crease. Just give me a crease and I`ll score. They`re not going to deny us of those touchdowns,` ... We thrive off of that.

- Steven Anderson

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.

- Tarja Halonen

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I`m working with.

- Will Kemp

I think that as long as the focus is on doing what we perceive the Lord wants us to do, the church will thrive. If we don`t, it won`t.

- Bob James

It`s time that America`s government lived by the same values as America`s families. It`s time we invested in America`s future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That`s what Democrats believe.

- Harry Reid

You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn`t that our first responsibility?

- Barbara Boxer

I think I belong at linebacker. That`s why I made the progress that I did, ... When I come into something that`s new, I thrive on that. I sat down and studied the position. I read a couple of books (about playing linebacker).

- John Hale

I can`t wait till a big game comes around, especially a Classic, ... Opening game, it`s going to be a big crowd playing on our own field. I thrive on that. I like playing in front of those kinds of crowds. I can`t wait. I have so much confidence going in.

- Michael Hayden

To create an improved new habitat in a remote area where the prairie dog can thrive without any human interference.

- John Andrews

We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.

- Alain Corre

The truth is, we haven`t really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We`re all experiments.

- Alain Couder

I`m not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

- Alan Dooley

I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don`t feel like ADD has impaired my ability.

- Alan Seay

Too small is our world to allow discrimination, bigotry and intolerance to thrive in any corner of it, let alone in the United States of America.

- Alberto Melloni

As for Goats, they have been found to thrive and increase well, but being mischievous to Orchards and other Trees, makes People decline keeping them.

- Alison Tate

I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.

- Allen Okamoto

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.

- Alma Jones

In today`s world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.

- Amitabh Mattoo

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

- Amos Gilad

For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment.

- Amy Wyatt

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

- Anders Hansen

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area`s workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today`s global economy.

- Andre Cita

The Kennedy assassination conspiracy buffs thrive on this type of material,

- Angelo Amador

In some cases, this will provide a solution for councils. The public forgets that we have a statutory obligation to deliver education for every child, and some kids just cannot thrive in a mainstream school.

- Antonio Sarkis Jr

You can never find a more competitive person on the planet than Herb. That family was unbelievable to be around in terms of an environment where competitiveness was allowed to thrive.

- Aron Buchman

The atmosphere and the energy that he brings with him, with the crowd and stuff, I thrive off that.

- Ashley Montague

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

- Jean Paul Richter

Music is my ultimate ambition, but I thrive on creativity and positivity in general. I’m interested in human development, so I would love to generate awareness and help in relief efforts for those living in unfortunate circumstances. I would also enjoy exploring other mediums of expression in the artistic world.

- Parul Sharma