Phil Jackson Quotes
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Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.
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I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.
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You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
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I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
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My biggest point to everybody is you have a responsibility to build your own network.
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It's not a bargain if it has bedbugs.
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I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
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Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu.
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Time scares me: having enough time to do all the things that I want to do in life, just even in terms of forgetting about the business I'm in.
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The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.
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Show-offy, I could sometimes be accused of.
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I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.
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New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.
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Anyone can learn a trick, but to make it entertaining, to put a presentation twist on it, and then to take it out there and really amaze people is a whole different ball game. You have to have some kind of a natural ability to do that, I suppose.
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There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.
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If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'
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Tiny actions can fundamentally alter your relationship to the world for the better.
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The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
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It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.
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We carried out our end of the bargain.
