Bo Ryan Quotes

This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's.

I don't necessarily need 400 pounds on my back in the squat rack, and then take a picture of myself and send it out to my Twitter followers, 'Part of the 400 pound club today.'

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.

I'm Canadian so American politics are not really in my wheelhouse.

The closer you get to heaven, the less air there is, because when you get to heaven for real, you don't need to breathe anymore.

People teach what they most need to learn.

A kiss, she thinks, has to be entirely balanced -- it has to have a little conflict, a little dialectic, a little revolution.

Love always looks nice. I don't really know anyone who doesn't enjoy it when they see it. Anyone who doesn't, I don't really want to know them.

I think it's the things we don't talk about that make us old before out time.

Nobody said it was a beautiful world with no scars.

We should all be much more careful with each other's hearts.

I don't think anyone can teach you how to be a man but a woman. You only learn by learning what they need.

People need all the good memories they can keep with them in this world; they're a sort of steering apparatus in a life-boat.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.

Shoot the moon," Aurora says dreamily. "Would it bleed, do you think? I think it would. I think it would bleed...shooting stars.

I loved growing up in Canada. It’s a great place to grow up, because - well, at least where I grew up -it’s very multicultural. There’s also good health care and a good education system.

If you empower women, you can change the world.

Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether or not they're seen is another issue.

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

Usually in stories there are big problems in the beginning or couples are pulling away, there's a lot of bitterness.

I'm truly blessed to be where I am and accomplish what I have.

There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

The only real access that I have to my mind is when I'm writing.

Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.

I believe in a free society, where aspiration and effort can make the difference in every life. Where your starting point is not your destiny and where your first chance is not your only chance.

In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.

It is not the size of the dreamer, it is the size of the dream.

I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but, its not who you are.

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

It's sad, because he just doesn't have any ambition outside of loving his wife and his daughter — which should be enough but doesn't seem to be enough in this case.

It would be really nice to make a record that would be super-fun to play live - a record that would be funny, with a little bit of heart.

There are guys I'd love to learn from, but they wouldn't be a good fit for me, so I read their blogs and books.

Being hungover is like winning the lottery, only they pay you in regret.

Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men.

Women aren't interested in being sexy any more and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualised themselves into being just matinee idols.

If you take real-life circumstances and take out all the pauses then you have a thriller. It has to be non-stop, high stakes and fascinating all the time. Real life is like that from time to time.

It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than (one) film.

If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope.

When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

I think the driving force when I moved to New York was the fear of going home with my tail between my legs.

This is going to sound crazy, but I can hear music in my head. I can imagine a piano or a guitar playing, and I can sort of think out.

Definitely before hanging out with a chick, I make sure everything is to my liking.