Oscar Robertson Quotes
But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.Oscar Robertson
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
Federico Fellini -
If you're playing in a room that holds 15,000 people, it's just a question of how bad the room acoustics are and in what way they're bad.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
Marc Almond Soft Cell -
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
Zadie Smith -
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
Cameron van der Burgh -
I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
Malin Akerman
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
Zooey Deschanel -
The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
Warren Spector -
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.
Walter Dean Myers -
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Abraham Lincoln -
I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
Viggo Mortensen -
Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.
Gary Lineker
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I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.
Bastian Schweinsteiger -
I think higher education is over-regulated.
Lamar Alexander -
Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
Naveen Jain -
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?
Dan Gelber -
I'm really not worried about what fans think.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
L. E. Modesitt
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I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents.
Washed Out -
What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.
Peter Doig -
No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.
Masaharu Morimoto -
Americans need to understand that they have lost their country. The rest of the world needs to recognize that Washington is not merely the most complete police state since Stalinism, but also a threat to the entire world. The hubris and arrogance of Washington, combined with Washington's huge supply of weapons of mass destruction, make Washington the greatest threat that has ever existed to all life on the planet. Washington is the enemy of all humanity.
Paul Craig Roberts -
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
John Steinbeck -
But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
Oscar Robertson