Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later.
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Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.
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I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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I used to wear sneakers with those nice suits because I wanted Victor Sifuentes to have a bounce in the courtroom.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer.
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I'd like to live to a hundred.
