Carl Lewis Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.
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Practices were tough.
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I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.
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I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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It's just a part of our nature to hope.
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It was always part of the plan to move into acting.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
