Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam. I love the atmosphere and courts of SW19, and it is an addiction, which I will find tough to give up.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Being a conservative in Hollywood is like walking into a shooting range with a bull's-eye attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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We should have hope because we've earned it. We've worked for it! It's ours.
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I thought 'RV' stood for 'Recreational Vehicle.' No! It stands for 'Ruins Vacations.'
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
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Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
