Jalen Brunson Quotes
My parents always told me never be a follower, always be a leader. It's very difficult to do, to step out and be different and not follow the norm. If you want what's best for your team, you gotta be different.
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I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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It wasn't books that inspired me to write. For me, inspiration was simple, immediate: I got it from eating, dancing, talking. I got it from life lived, things touched, from sensuality, from love of life, from our irrefutable connection to the earth.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
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When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and see to my astonishment that three hours have passed.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.
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The hard thing for me is to say no to people.
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My parents always told me never be a follower, always be a leader. It's very difficult to do, to step out and be different and not follow the norm. If you want what's best for your team, you gotta be different.
