Quote by Dustin Hoffman

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to

Summary

This quote suggests that as a child, the speaker's imagination allowed them to create scenarios where they would act as fighters. Despite getting knocked down, they would always find a way to bounce back and emerge victorious. This highlights the resilience and determination the speaker had even from a young age, emphasizing their ability to overcome obstacles and persist in difficult situations.

Topics

Adversity

By Dustin Hoffman

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a v

But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.

Advice

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

Truth

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Life Slavery Action

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our c

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.

Arianna Stassinopoulos

Creativity

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

Nature

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in f

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Life

Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrhei

Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.

Oliver Hassencamp

Wisdom Life Politics Truth

In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, ou

In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry.

Food

To fill the hour -- that is happiness.

To fill the hour -- that is happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I d

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

Silence

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from dif

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Life Death

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

Thomas Haden Church

Trust