Jan Brett Quotes

If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious.

I became very patient. There are a lot of times when people who do not like you are talking about you and telling bad things on your face. In our personal life, we do get affected by such things.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.

I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.

I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism.

When I was a kid everyone used to call me pork 'n.

I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character.

The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.

I think dealing with mean girls is just a part of life. I never really took people like that too seriously.

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

I'm quite an emotional person. I cry a lot. I do not like conflict, so if I have an argument with my parents, I'll often cry. I become too emotional.

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.

I'm too mature to be angry.

I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.

Every now and then I get angry, but fortunately, when I do, it's like watching a little dog try to attack something - it's something I'm not very good at.

Some people can vent their anger, take a breath, and let it go, but I wasn't one of them.

I played lots of bullies when I was a kid.

You find a lot out about people when they're blowing up, as we say, gasping for air, and if they can still hold conversations and be polite.

Everyone aims to get close to me and I've got to learn how to be able to cope, and that's what we work on all the time.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I guess people don't like me for getting as upset as I am sometimes when I lose, but that's me.

Growing up, I always took things too personal and was very emotional, and I got made fun of for it.