Dikembe Mutombo Quotes
I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enough and blessed to play the game of basketball, I was also fortunate enough to follow in my parents' footsteps and give back like the way they did.

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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.
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Every sport has its own cast of characters.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.
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There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
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I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
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I play Zack Martin on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.'
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When I was a kid, we would get McDonalds on Christmas Eve, and that was a big deal because the closest one to the south side of Chicago was a 35 minute drive away. I remember opening the bag and smelling those fries, and even now when I smell them, it reminds me of Christmas Eve.
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The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.
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I don't like singing before noon.
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I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enough and blessed to play the game of basketball, I was also fortunate enough to follow in my parents' footsteps and give back like the way they did.