Jerry West Quotes
I see people that have success, and I see how poised and polished they are and how they handle it. I wonder inside if they feel the same way that I feel.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.
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We want to make sure people know deeply about the trans community and deeply about Black Lives Matter so that people can act in solidarity.
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Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was, but after 17 years of having a mother who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo and a father who was faceless, I was angry.
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Each of us has a right to name ourselves as we will.
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I see people that have success, and I see how poised and polished they are and how they handle it. I wonder inside if they feel the same way that I feel.
