Chauncey Billups Quotes
I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.

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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
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When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.
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I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.
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I've been on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and I know it does wonders for your career.
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I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.