Don Nelson Quotes
I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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Buildings are forms of performances.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
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I'm learning every day.
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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
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Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
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Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.
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The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.
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I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.
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I don't fear death because I believe it is a transition. Our souls can't be destroyed. I know we are going to live in another life.
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I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it.
