Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celebrity to help with worldwide causes and help them gain exposure.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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I like things simple.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.
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I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.
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In 2012, I helped lead the successful effort in Congress to allow states to conduct drug testing of people receiving unemployment benefits.
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When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
