Joe Frazier Quotes
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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I believe that our message of rebuilding America is one that will resonate with the American people.
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When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.
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If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.
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We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but it's in my heart.
