Jason Kidd Quotes
Someone gave me great advice. That when you're looked on as a pioneer, or you start a trend, you're not always going to benefit from it.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I think Barack Obama was born into a home not just to a white woman and white grandparents, but a white woman and white grandparents who shockingly told him it was okay that he was black and that he should not be ashamed of it and that he should, in fact, be proud of it.
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From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner – even for a fast bowler, that holds true.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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I will never retire.
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I miss the days when girls would wear full long dresses and just stand onstage and sing. That's what I'm trying to bring back: that timeless element. I want to create music that people will be listening to in fifty years, you know?
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If you see me in New York, you'll probably see me on my bicycle riding furiously between a city bus and a taxi cab, hitting one of them on the side and yelling at them.
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Someone gave me great advice. That when you're looked on as a pioneer, or you start a trend, you're not always going to benefit from it.
