Bo Jackson Quotes
I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.
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You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'
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Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.
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Just when you think you know something, it gets turned around and challenged in some way. But those changes are welcome because you end up learning more.
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I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
