Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.
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It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience is just terrific.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men.
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By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
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I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone.
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Pro-Tip: Ask for one clear action per panel. Don't ask your artist to do two, three, or more things in a shot. You want those? Add more panels.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I absolutely love Sisley moisturising cream, which I use every morning; it also provides a great base for make-up, and I adore Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser for an overall finish.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
