Chauncey Billups Quotes

Quite frankly, Minnesota was where my career kind of turned around, and it all had to do with Flip Saunders and his coaching prowess and his system.

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• I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Good
  • Why
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• I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Love
  • Want
  • Forever

• When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.

  

  Ian McShane
  • People
  • Done
  • Successful

• With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Focus
  • Style
  • Budget

• Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

  

  Ian Botham
  • Time
  • Good
  • Light

• As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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• I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.

  

  Queen Latifah
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• I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Actor
  • Stage
  • Versatile

• My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Life
  • Doubt
  • Find

• One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Good
  • Done

• The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.

  

  Fidel Castro
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• It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.

  

  Gabe Newell
  • Single
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• I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Believe
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• Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.

  

  Zola Budd
  • World
  • Small
  • Looking Back

• I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Song
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• After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

  

  Abbe Pierre
  • Time
  • War
  • Law

• There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • People
  • Trying
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• We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Women
  • Game
  • Old

• The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • People
  • Life
  • Pain

• 'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Life
  • Knowledge

• In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Free
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  • Party

• I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

  

  Alton Brown
  • Work
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• Quite frankly, Minnesota was where my career kind of turned around, and it all had to do with Flip Saunders and his coaching prowess and his system.

  

  Chauncey Billups
  • Career
  • Coaching