John Salley Quotes
I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
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Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind.
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Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
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I love doing serious movies for adults.
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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I like new challenges and new experiences.
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A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
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Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.
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I was dyslexic and uneducated and left school at 14. I grew up in Finsbury Park, which was a pretty bad place where you had to fight and be beaten. It was just a constant roundabout of violence.
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Greens are a dish that most Southerners would walk a mile for.
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I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.
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I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.
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I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
