Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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Messi is the best player in the history of football, and that’s why I prefer Barça over Real Madrid.
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Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
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When you're trying to expand your business, it's about real estate in the stores.
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Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.
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The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
