Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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The truth is I try to show up each day available to do the work that God or whatever it is that's making, you know, the solar system work wants me to do. And I expect when he wants me to stop, I'll be the first to find out.
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Stop threatening to kill people on Twitter because you don't like what they are saying!
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What [Donald] has put up for question is this idea of tariffs. Initially, he said if China won't stop taking advantage of us and manipulating their currency, then I will put tariffs in place. That spooked everybody because if you charge China a fee and an extra tariff for anything they bring into the United States, what's going to happen is that companies carrying those goods are going to raise prices. It's going to be expensive for people. People got scared of that, but then he walked that [idea] back. I don't think anybody is expecting heavy tariffs on anything.
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It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.
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When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things can happen which we ourselves cannot possibly imagine, either beforehand, or at the time when they are taking place, or afterwards when we look back on them.
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The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
