David Robinson Quotes

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.

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• It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.

  

  N. Murray Edwards
  • Work
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• I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

  

  Malcolm Wilson
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• I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Free
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• Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
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• I'm very candid.

  

  Larry Wilcox
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• Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

  

  Nas
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• When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

  

  Irving Layton
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• Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
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  • Spotlight

• Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • History
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• I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Trying
  • Myself
  • Accomplish

• I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.

  

  Umberto Eco
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  • Reading

• Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.

  

  Navid Negahban
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• Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.

  

  Edan Lepucki
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  • Wish

• We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
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• One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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  • President
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• As an offensive lineman, having spatial awareness is key: understanding where the quarterback is going to be and understanding what the defensive end might do depending on the play we're running.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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• Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

  

  Rachel Sklar
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• Do we regard language as more public, more ceremonial, than thought? Just as family men condemn the profanity on the stage that they use constantly in conversation, in the same way we may look to written language as an idealization rather than a reflection of ourselves.

  

  Edmund White
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• From 1865 to 1965, my race, the black race, was one of the most competitive, entrepreneurial, Christian, moral races in our country. We had the highest percentage of entrepreneurs in the country, the highest percentage of marriage in the country.

  

  Burgess Owens
  • Country
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  • Christian

• In terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.'

  

  Bill Gross
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• One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

  

  Byron Nelson
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  • Good
  • Deep

• If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're all looking down on you, they don't care about you. They're just trying to help out their various special interest constituencies," that argument ends up being successful.

  

  Barack Obama
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  • Trying
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• It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.

  

  David Robinson The Cars
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