Phil Knight Quotes
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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To start with, pharma was an industry based on innovation, drug discovery.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life.
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I would like to explore comedy more. It's not something that I've done a lot of. Obviously, I'm very at home in drama. I like everything.
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I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.
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I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my future so that I keep growing.
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There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.
