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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To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.
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I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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I'm definitely a people person. I love socializing and being around people and having a good conversation.
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Anything that you want to write about you can write about in sports.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
