Steven Adams (Steven Funaki Adams) Quotes
If you can break bread with a guy, you will actually go the extra mile on the court; that just happens.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
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I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
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It is better to underpromise and overdeliver than vice versa. For this one need not break the law of the land.
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When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings.
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We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.
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Certainly, the sensory deprivation afforded by the remote, silent and totally dark chambers, such as the Diverticule of the Felines in Lascaux and the Horse’s Tail in Altamira, induces altered states of consciousness.
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You know the only rule you need to know to get on in this country? ‘Never complain, never explain.
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I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, “O king, be loyal to the royal within you.” And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth.
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Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.
