Jerry West Quotes
I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel qualified for yet. Instead, they should grab risky opportunities that will force them to grow on the job and learn to do it.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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I'm into Gucci a lot, like vintage '70s everything. I'm into Versace.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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As I have said many times - I like Facebook. I think it is well built and run. It's cool. I think it is, in its next-step way, even visionary.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
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When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
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You don't say no to a Shankar film.
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'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
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Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is my little boy! It was a useful warning.
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I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am.
