John Wooden Quotes
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
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You feel as if you're not living a full life. Which, of course, is why - it's my theory about why so many people who are heavily into computers are also into extreme sports and S&M. It's because their bodies are crying out for some kind of action.
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Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.
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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
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I'm loving the idea of having a baby
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I do like celebrating women, I do like celebrating different lifestyles and choices and people and it makes me happy when others find my work empowering.
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Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
