Magic Johnson Quotes
I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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I had long had an instinct about there being a role for me in a creative industry. Maybe I didn't listen to that voice as much earlier on, but when it had become a deafening sound in my head I realised I had to go and explore it.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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India considers Saudi Arabia a center of stability in the region. The security and stability of the Gulf region and that of the Indian subcontinent are interlinked. Bilateral security cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia will contribute to regional stability and in addressing the common threat of terrorism in the region.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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I love to be scared in the safety of a movie theater. It is like a thrill ride; like a roller-coaster ride.
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You can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational!
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Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.
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I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
