Deion Sanders Quotes

I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

Deion Sanders

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• People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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• The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.

  

  Federico Fellini
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• It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.

  

  Aaron Spelling
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• In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

  

  Zac Efron
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• I'm not a good rapper. For whatever reason, my brain does not work that way. I just do the beginning, like, 'Yeah, yeah! Ha ha! Woo! What up? Come on! Get at me!' I'm Captain Hook.

  

  Adam DeVine
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• In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.

  

  Frances McDormand
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• How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
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• The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.

  

  Ferid Murad
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• I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
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• There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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• This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

  

  Ursula Burns
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• You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

  

  Harry Browne
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• Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

  

  Yogi Berra
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• We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
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• There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

  

  A. R. Ammons
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• Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

  

  Karel Capek
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• I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.

  

  Forrest Bird
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• When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.

  

  Vanessa Lachey
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• I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

  

  Chuck Close
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• I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.

  

  Aaron Patzer
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• Gandhi, that great apostle of non-violence, and Aung San, the founder of a national army, were very different personalities, but as there is an inevitable sameness about the challenges of authoritarian rule anywhere at any time, so there is a similarity in the intrinsic qualities of those who rise up to meet the challenge.

  

  Aung San Suu Kyi
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• All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.

  

  W. H. Murray
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• As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.

  

  Lee Haney
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• I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

  

  Deion Sanders
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