Magic Johnson Quotes
I'm the one who started redevelopment in South Los Angeles, not Jan Perry. I did it. I love Jan. She's a good person, and she did a wonderful job with what she did downtown, but in L.A., South L.A., I'm the one.
Quotes to Explore
-
If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
-
I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
-
The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
-
What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
-
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
-
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
-
I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
-
Running back was always my favorite position.
-
I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
-
I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
-
Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
-
I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got a lot back - all their purity and insight and innocence is so on the surface, and they're so unrepressed; they'd really scream at you and then give you a massive kiss.
-
Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
-
I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
-
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
-
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
-
I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
-
Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.
-
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.
-
Fear of women love more than hate the man.
-
Capablanca wanted to change the rules already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorization and prearrangement. It’s a terrible game now. Very uncreative.
-
I'm the one who started redevelopment in South Los Angeles, not Jan Perry. I did it. I love Jan. She's a good person, and she did a wonderful job with what she did downtown, but in L.A., South L.A., I'm the one.
