John McEnroe Quotes
If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.
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I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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I don't like talking to celebrities.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.
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What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.
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If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.
