Matt Kemp Quotes
I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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Just because someone said painting is dead doesn't mean that it's a fact or the truth - painting is the soul food of art, in a way.
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My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.
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I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex; things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it.
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I don't think kids have a problem reading books meant for adults; the problem is on the other side of the fence, a misconception of what one kind of literature is 'supposed' to be, perceived to be, as opposed to another: if it's for kids, it can't be any good; it's got to have been dumbed down and/or sweetened up.
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I grew up knowing I would be good at athletics, and dreams of a Super Bowl were always within reach as long as I progressed.
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I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.
