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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(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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I love blues. My grandfather did blues.
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What I've tried to do is bring the madness out in the open. Keep it under wraps, and it erupts into wars and violence.
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I like real instruments, and try to stay from anything that sounds too synthetic.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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I don't know if you realize, but I use the word 'Fuck,' so that I can think of other stuff.
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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.
