John Wooden Quotes
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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The least sexy city is Los Angeles. And it poses as the most sexy. As you grow up, L.A. is being sold to you as home of the bikini-clad party girls. And then you get there, and it's full of very goal-oriented, yoga-obsessed careerists.
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Autism currently affects one in 88 children in the U.S., and its prevalence continues to rise. That's why it's important to help organizations like Autism Speaks raise awareness and funds to support families and individuals impacted by it.
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I'm a lawyer. The right to life is important.
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I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.
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No one argues with the many benefits of breastfeeding for those women who choose it.
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Don't worry," I repiled, "I usually don't argue with the voices.
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What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
