Magic Johnson Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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In the end it doesn't matter what you do.
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If you look at 'Avatar,' could you imagine if you did 'Avatar' for 50 million dollars? It would be ridiculous! You would almost be getting laughs from the audience, unless you got a real indie director to do something incredibly stylised.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
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I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
