John Wooden Quotes
I do not have the right, Bill, but I do have the right to say who is going to play on my team and we’re going to miss you.
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the Indian perspective in a different dimension.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.
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New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.
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Will Smith would not be Worldwide Will Smith if he had not insisted on going worldwide and touring with his films. You have to build that audience for people and allow for it to happen.
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I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural malaise - mental illness or no - that everybody suffers from at some point in their life.
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I do seem to try to make things harder and harder for myself. In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm drawn to projects that end up being incredibly laborious.
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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
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I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love.
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I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.
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Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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I do not have the right, Bill, but I do have the right to say who is going to play on my team and we’re going to miss you.
