Paul Pierce Quotes
It's all a learning process. You've got to learn from experience, the battles you go through. Some guys continue to grow. Hopefully, that's what I'll continue do.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.
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I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
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I'm very sad 'Life' wasn't a big hit, But it was undone by politics at NBC. It was intense. I moved my wife, and we had two children back to back. So working those hours and living abroad in L.A. was a handful. But it was a great experience.
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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
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In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies.
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I've learned to recognize, a lot of it forced through the process of recovery, that I'm wired wrong in certain ways; the chemical balance of my brain is off in terms of depression a little bit.
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My best actress of all time is Kate Winslet. I want to be just like her. 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' is one of my favourite films.
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Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me...
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I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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There is only one purpose of pentecost; that is to effectively evangelize lost souls.
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It's all a learning process. You've got to learn from experience, the battles you go through. Some guys continue to grow. Hopefully, that's what I'll continue do.
