Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.
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In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
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What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
Garry Kasparov -
One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.
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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.
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In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.
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Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.
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Ronaldo has been compared to the incomparable George Best
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Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
