Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.

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• Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

  

  J. B. Priestley
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• Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.

  

  Patricia Richardson
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• I always regret leaving home if I don't get at least four or five surfs in the week before I leave. I try to be in the water as much as possible before leaving, and it's the one thing I miss massively.

  

  Flume
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• I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.

  

  Yves Chauvin
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• The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

  

  Gary Lineker
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• It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.

  

  Bebe Neuwirth
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• I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'

  

  Omari Hardwick
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• There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
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• Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Good
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• Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

  

  Carl Jung
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• You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.

  

  Mae Jemison
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• How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
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• I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • Pretty
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• It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.

  

  Randy Harrison
  • People
  • Time
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• I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.

  

  Bai Ling
  • You
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• Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

  

  Narendra Modi
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• Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

  

  Edgard Varese
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• I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

  

  Olga Korbut
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• Where is this Hollywood scene, where is it? I'd like to find it one day... If I want to go out and have a good time, I go to New York.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
  • Time
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• In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.

  

  Gail Sheehy
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• Serious beliefs are awkward, especially religious ones. It's not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that people's real, heart-felt, deeply held beliefs are, well, 'not easy to handle or deal with, requiring great skill, ingenuity, or care' - in a word, awkward.

  

  Alexandra Petri
  • People
  • Great
  • Real

• In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.

  

  Andrew Eldritch The Sisters of Mercy
  • People
  • Work
  • Nice

• The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • You
  • Serious
  • Determined