Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I love anything to do with history.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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Until 2005, I still thought of my surf lifesaving career as fulltime and kayaking as a pastime. I watched the 2004 Athens Olympics and saw people racing that I knew I could beat, and that was probably the turning point: I decided I should either do it properly or stop wasting time kayaking and concentrate fully on Ironman.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.
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If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself
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The global equalization of wages and the exponential growth in technology has created a job-killing machine that's only going to get worse.
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Yoga is just good for you.