Jake LaMotta Quotes
When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
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I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
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I've always found the rain very calming.
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I grew up in the projects in Queens, and we were really poor.
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Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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I am an African and I am very proud of that.
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The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.
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When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
