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.
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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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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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Executives are waking up to realize that they can do a lot better, save money, make better decisions if they optimize and start thinking geographically and have a location strategy.
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Work and wait, work and wait is what God says to us in creation.
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The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.
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Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
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I wanted to be a boy when I was young because boys got to do all the good stuff. So I became very aggressive and very competitive at a young age.
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If I was having a bad day, or if something was really getting me down -- boy troubles, whatever -- I wanted to go out and get a new piercing. It was definitely a release for me. Something that made me feel a little more strong or empowered. Because it was something that had to do with me and no one else.
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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.
