Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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Islam means peace.
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If you can prove a guy did cheat, then I don't believe he belongs. I don't believe that there are any guys that did cheat, in that respect, that are in the Hall of Fame. So I think opening up the doors to guys that admittedly cheated or are proven that they did cheat, it kills the integrity of what the Hall of Fame stands for.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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A president can't go to every memorial service.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.
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Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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A lot of people ask: 'Will you play a psycho to really change your image and prove you can act?' But that's not what I'm about.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
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We always talk about how you have to build a brand from the inside out, not the outside in. Brands are not wrappers. Brands are based on the values of the founders, and then they spread to the people who work for the company, and then that psychological contract is spread to the customer.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
