Paul Coffey Quotes
Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
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I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me.
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Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
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It’s hard to be wrongfully accused, but it’s worse when the people looking down on you are clods who have never read a book or traveled more than twenty miles from the place they were born.
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I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism - and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution - I just want to create a few more films.
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Don't fear change - embrace it.
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If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
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When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line!
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We've always been just an American rock n' roll band.
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I hate small talk! I can't do it.
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'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.
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In a way it kind of humanizes the sport to see that people can be at the very top of the sport and have hard times.
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The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.
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Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that's grown, and in some ways is unhealthy and could ultimately lead to the city's destruction. My own feeling is that slums are probably a bit of both.
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Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.
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Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
