Bernard Hopkins Quotes
I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Humans are insane. We kill our own people, starve our own people, sell them, work them to death, beat them, don't give them affordable/free/good healthcare, and let them live in misery, while a few of us have - we have all we want. We are evil.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I think of America not so much as a single country but as a constellation of groups out there competing for air time, energetically expressing themselves and luxuriating in their right to govern themselves. Freedom is that great vaunted word that's always applied to our country - and rightly so.
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My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really pretty much cut it out of my diet. Except for cupcakes. I like those.
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The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and collecting Social Security taxes.
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I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
