Bernard Hopkins Quotes
There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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My favorite makeup look was for my 'Eyes Wide Open' video done by Torsten Witte. It was so dramatic and definitely captured the magic of the video.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving.
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The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look.
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Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.
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I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.
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There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
