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I had been active in various bar associations ever since I was a law student, and I think that also helped because it made me more of a known quantity.
Jacqueline Nguyen
Me
Law
Made
Active
Think
More
Various
Student
Had
Since
Also
Known
Because
Quantity
Been
Bar
Helped
Ever
Associations
When I was young, before school, my father would wake me up and we would go running together. A love of being physical, being active and being outside was something he instilled in me.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Love
Me
Together
School
Father
Before
Young
Active
Would
Running
Physical
Something
Outside
He
Instilled
Go
Wake
Up
Being
As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.
Jalen Rose
Whatever
Active
Kid
Wrestling
Detroit
Football
Sport
Season
Played
Basketball
Let's face it: if you're an elite basketball player and you choose to be socially and politically active, it could harm your brand.
Jalen Rose
You
Face
Active
Could
Brand
Politically
Your
Choose
Socially
Player
Elite
Basketball
Harm
Basketball Player
I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early '80s while I was on active duty as a director of intelligence for U.S. forces Korea, and kind of followed developments on the peninsula ever since.
James Clapper
Director
Intelligence
Duty
Active
Kind
Peninsula
Followed
Had
Developments
Since
Forces
Korea
Republic
While
Ever
Served
Early
A similar revolving fund could be set up for Germany, for a durable peace can rest only upon a Germany that, while militarily impotent, is industrially active.
James Forrestal
Peace
Rest
Active
Similar
Only
Could
Industrially
Up
Germany
Durable
Revolving
While
Fund
Set
It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
James Weldon Johnson
Man
Struggle
Black
Active
Tree
Fury
Though
Possibly
Willow
More
Bears
Could
He
Nevertheless
Does
Passive
His
Passively
Effective
Than
Storm
Fights
Present
Resistance
I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.
Jane Chen
Love
Big
Active
Enjoy
Running
Lot
Yoga
Just
Being
Really
Traveling
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.
Jane Goodall
Hope
Mind
Important
Active
Think
Stays
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
The Most Important
Your
Keep
Thing
I try to be an active griever. I feel like we lean on time because of the trope 'Time heals all wounds.' And there is truth to that, but I don't think that it's absolute. I think that to grieve and to deal and cope, you have to be actively processing the information. Have your moments, be broken, and allow yourself to fully express pain.
Jason Reynolds
Truth
Time
Broken
You
Yourself
Try
Pain
Active
Think
Wounds
Absolute
Allow
Feel
Like
Lean
Heals
Because
Deal
Information
Grieve
Processing
Your
Fully
Moments
Express
Actively
Cope
Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great - or at least being active. You'll find your confidence. Without it, you're nothing. It's the remedy for everything.
Jason Statham
Art
Great
You
Confidence
Nothing
Active
Everything
Possibility
Find
Martial
Something
Gives
Take
Remedy
Sport
Without
Least
Being
Skill
Body
Your
By maintaining an active feedback system at every stage of a startup, founders can reduce their burn rate, increase their virality coefficient, and retain key hires.
Jay Samit
Key
Feedback
Stage
Active
Every
Increase
Startup
System
Rate
Retain
Maintaining
Reduce
Burn
Founders
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Cause
Made
Active
Our
Though
Torrent
Brought
Unseen
Demand
Over
Demands
New
Occupied
Always
Continually
Rolling
Human
Senses
Which
Race
Centuries
Turns
Human Race
Found
Ever
To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.
Jean Piaget
Knowledge
Active
Think
Way
Idea
Another
Another Way
Still
Same
Human
Essentially
Human Knowledge
Express
The ego always needs to be 'doing,' and repeating a mantra guides my mind to a deeper, less active experience.
Jeff Kober
Needs
Experience
Ego
Mind
Active
Guides
Always
Doing
Repeating
Mantra
Less
Deeper
I've always been active in working out and taking care of myself. I've been running two miles a day since I was 18.
Jeffrey Osborne
Myself
Day
Care
Active
Out
Running
Taking
Since
Always
Been
Working
Miles
Two
I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.
Jenny Slate
Education
Great
Sex
Active
Sex Education
Sexually
Had
Knew
Safe
Always
Got
Wanted
Politically active people felt more and more disenfranchised, particularly during the ultra-New Labour years.
Jeremy Corbyn
People
Active
More
More And More
Particularly
Felt
Years
Labour
Disenfranchised
Politically
I got on the scale and I weighed around 203. I'm only 5'7. I was about to turn 30, and I wasn't active anymore. So I started working with a nutritionist and a trainer. I played basketball twice a week. And soon it all just became a habit for me. I became addicted to something good for a change.
Jerry Ferrara
Good
Me
Change
Active
Addicted
Nutritionist
Scale
About
Something
Only
Something Good
Habit
Week
Weighed
Soon
Became
Around
Got
Trainer
Just
Anymore
Turn
Working
Twice
Twice A Week
Played
Started
Basketball
There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years.
Jerry Pournelle
Year
Sense
Active
Every
Hundred
Members
Something
Couple
Couple Years
Were
Years
Selling
Whom
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
Jerzy Kosinski
Action
Active
Types
Part
Observe
Participant
Participation
Without
Becomes
Intensely
Being
Many
If we live a sedentary life, you're going to be depressed and lack confidence. So get out there and get active.
Jessie Pavelka
Life
You
Confidence
Live
Active
Out
Sedentary
Get
Going
Lack
Depressed
When you travel to a new country, your spirit has to catch up with you. I love going for a run when I land; it keeps me active and helps my body adjust to the new time zone.
Jihae
Love
Time
Me
You
Travel
Country
Active
Adjust
Run
Spirit
Catch
New
Up
Going
Land
Body
Your
Helps
Keeps
Zone
One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role.
Jim Lehrer
Debate
Problems
Active
Everybody
System
One Of The Problems
More
Very
Role
Controlled
Where
Which
Used
Old-Fashioned
Plays
I'm going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I'm able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.
Jimmy Carter
Will
Long
Active
Carter
Stay
Able
Physically
Mentally
Primarily
Continue
Going
Quite
Politically
Center
In the United States, the mainstream news outlets like to portray themselves as observers, content to let events play out without interference. But in Britain, where crusading journalistic campaigns are part of the tradition, it is far more acceptable for reporters to become active participants, with a specific outcome in mind.
Jo Becker
News
Events
Mind
Become
Active
States
Out
Outcome
Outlets
More
Part
Observers
Mainstream
Participants
Journalistic
Like
Acceptable
Content
Without
Tradition
Campaigns
Reporters
Where
Far
Themselves
Interference
United
Specific
United States
Play
Portray
Britain
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