Marion Jones Quotes
The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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I try my damnedest to quirk up anything that I'm in.
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We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Please stop assuming that longevity and perfect health is always the correct option. No. Sometimes fun costs ya. It just does, you know? And that's OK, you're willing to make that purchase. Sammy Davis, Jr. was 64 when he died. Give me 64 Sammy-years, I'll be happy.
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I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out, and if you're a respectful observer you can sponge lots of information. That was my film school.
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I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.
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The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.
