Nwankwo Kanu Quotes
I think you need people who can advise you; that is more important that an agent. They are important because they help players move, but I have some experience of agents working with players who have done things not to help the player but to help themselves.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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Eventually there are going to be chips in brains. Imagine if you could just buy knowledge and download it into your head instead of having to learn it. Like in 'The Matrix.' Imagine all the years saved!
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My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.
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I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
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One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not.
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It's better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.
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When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.'
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The debut film came much easier to me than it would have if I was an outsider.
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Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises.
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Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.
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Always be listening and learning.
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It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.
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Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead.
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Cheap labor is a small part of the problem at work here. If it were only cheap labor, America would be in trouble. Because it's other things, too, we have a great chance to turn it around. Here's the problem: Our high corporate tax rate pushes our companies offshore. Our high regulatory burden pushes our companies offshore.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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That's what you need for your writing - to learn how to be present, learn how to be calm. So take that nap, do that meditation.
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When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."
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I think you need people who can advise you; that is more important that an agent. They are important because they help players move, but I have some experience of agents working with players who have done things not to help the player but to help themselves.
