Michael Ovitz Quotes
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I'm not a big sports fan.
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I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
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Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
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Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.
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My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone else I knew.
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Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.
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I literally couldn't get anyone to hire me. Having a woman do sports was seen as too risky.
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I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.
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When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
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You and I, 22 million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. You're nothing but Africans. Nothing but Africans. In fact, you'd get farther calling yourself African instead of Negro. Africans don't catch hell. You're the only one catching hell. They don't have to pass civil-rights bills for Africans.
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It's time for America to get right.
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If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.
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If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that.
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If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that amateurism never has been a sustainable model for a sports-entertainment industry. It wasn't in tennis. It wasn't in the Olympics. And it's not in big-time college sports.
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There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America.
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There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school and that translated into not a lot of opportunities when it came to music. We had academic and sports programs but we never had a consistent music program. We would have a band one year, and a chorus one year, but nothing ever lasted.
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China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.
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My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a broiled meat or fish, and a dark green vegetable at every meal.
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I think I might be hitting the zeitgeist. All around you, you're looking at beautiful people that have been turned into robots. Maybe the eye is craving a little upper lip fur.
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I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
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The whole world has changed after September 11th.
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Football is the No. 1 sport in America.
