Carl Lewis Quotes
I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
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I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.
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Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated.
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People striving for approval from others become phony.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
