Janine Shepherd quotes

“It [doesn't matter] what you look like, where you come from, or what you do for a living. All that matters is that we continue to fan the flame of humanity by living our lives as the ultimate creative expression of who we really are.”
-- Janine Shepherd

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“If we are to move towards our collective bliss, it's time we shed our focus on the physical.”
-- Janine Shepherd

Source : Janine Shepherd (2016). “Defiant: A Broken Body Is Not a Broken Person”, p.121, Sounds True

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“I think aerobatic pilots make the best pilots because you know, you're just so confident in an aeroplane. If you're gonna get into trouble, I'd rather be with someone that's a skilled aerobatic pilot.”
-- Janine Shepherd

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“Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.”
-- Janine Shepherd

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“I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.'”
-- Janine Shepherd

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“If you never have a go, you never, never know.”
-- Janine Shepherd

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“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”

“Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general."”

“The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.”

“Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.”

Source : "Adam Rayner Talks Tyrant, Joining the Show, Playing an Arab Character, Shocking Moments, Shooting the Pilot in Morocco, and His Character’s Motives". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 24, 2014.

“When I want to talk to someone from Golden Boy, I make sure Richard calls me. Bosses talk to bosses.”

“Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

“Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.”

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”

“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

Source : Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Community School Dist. (1969)

“It will appeal to girls who are confident and have a strong personal expression of style and identity in the way that they dress and what this says about themselves.”