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.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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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.
Ralph Bellamy -
If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
Kajol -
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.
Idris Elba -
I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
Gary Coleman -
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.
Warren Moon -
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.
Vin Scully
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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.
Balaji Srinivasan -
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.
Jack White The White Stripes -
I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster -
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
Nancy Sinatra
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I like things simple.
Valentino Garavani -
Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
Malorie Blackman -
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.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
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.
Nancy Keenan -
If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
Samuel Alito -
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
Gavin Hood
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
Aaron Levie -
Nature’s constantly screaming with all its shapes and scents: love each other! Love each other! Do as the flowers. There’s only love.
Octave Mirbeau -
Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he's a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art.
Brian Cox -
I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important thing in my life that I was gonna keep doing.
Kina Grannis -
I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person.
Jennifer Saunders -
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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar