Josie Maran Quotes

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.

Telling me that I can't do something is probably the worst thing that anyone can say, because I'll definitely do it. I'm very determined.

You tell me I can't do something, I'm going to do it.

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?

The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance; perversity is the souls very life.

I think the quickest way to get me to do something is really, 'You can't do that.' And I'm like, 'OK, I will make that happen.'

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'

They [sic] ain't gonna stop me from coming here, baby.

Get out of show business. Its the best advice I ever got, because Im so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end.

I won't give up till we surrender!

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me.

I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years.

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

If you tell me I can't have something then that just makes me want it more.

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

I love getting told no 'cause then I fight even more.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

Anytime someone has said to me, 'You can't do that,' I have answered, 'Watch me.'

You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it - it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.