Larry Bird Quotes
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
Quotes to Explore
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this – two books, some television and everything – I'd panic, I'd be scared.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I was put here to sing.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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I'm really bad at memorizing, so that's one of my big struggles in an audition setting, with the lines.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
