Jimmy Connors Quotes
Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
Quotes to Explore
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
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It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was diabetic and could meet the same fate if I didn't take care of myself.
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I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
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If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.
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Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.
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I'm always right. This time I'm just even more right than usual.
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Every time I go on stage, it's like a first date. I put on my best clothes, shave, and get as handsome as I can. Then I say the cutest things I know to say, and I become the very best Bill Medley I can be because I want to win my date over. My audience is the date that I want to impress every time.
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I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and there are great writers. It just takes a little bit more perseverance and a little bit more time to find [them].
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Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
