Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
Aaron Tveit
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Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.
Adam Grant
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
W. H. Davies
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As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
D. B. Sweeney
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
Pat Barker
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
Mallory Ortberg
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao Tzu
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I've been using email since 1983. I started with MH and Rmail, then cc:Mail, then Microsoft Mail, with Compuserve mixed in. Eventually, I ended up using Pine for non-Windows stuff and Outlook for Windows stuff. For a while.
Brad Feld
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To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.
Young Jeezy
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A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
Irvin S. Cobb
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So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?" And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. "Always," I say to him. "Every time.
Patrick Ness
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar