Bill Clinton (William Clinton) Quotes
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It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Everyone should change; otherwise, you can't grow as a person in life.
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What's really interesting and fun to explore is not just the falling in love and everything being great, but the obstacles to falling in love.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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I needed something to challenge myself a little more. I found fighting, and it completely fit my personality.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
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Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
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So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.
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It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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You can't get much whiter than me.
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In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.
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Editing is such a voyeuristic treat for me. I land on a theme and ask authors to pen works that fit the topic.
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I don't mean it to sound egomaniacal, but in a way, for me, it was very useful to imagine that I was the only one who was taking pen in hand. I'd always been told that it was impossible to be published, so I was writing only for myself.
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Working families spend about 90 percent of their income on consumption - buying stuff. The rich spend less than 45 percent.
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When you've been a character in a movie - and this has happened when we've done concerts as Spinal Tap or as The Folksmen - people see you as characters walking out of a movie. And you appear in public, then, to play, it's a very schizophrenic thing.
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Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
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Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for me, it's fun hiding behind characters that are so unlike who I am.
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I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.
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Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.
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I miss baseball.
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The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.
