Yao Ming Quotes
All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet.
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Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
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Everything is really good and I'm blessed.
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I like producing beats, and I like rapping, too. I have a program for the PC, and I can hook my keyboard to it.
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It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.
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All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.
