Jim Brown Quotes
The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
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A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
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In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.
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I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.
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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
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The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.
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People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an 'S' on your chest.
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My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.
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If you're a game company, you want to create a singular gaming experience, and part of that is doing stuff that nobody else is doing. If you're trying to create a game that feels different, you're going to create a lead that feels different. It's not going to be just another white guy.
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A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that's revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.
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If I can avoid doing stunts, I will. I don't want to die just for a movie. It's not worth it.
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The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.
