Magic Johnson Quotes
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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Music is like my security blanket.
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I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.
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Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former.
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I learnt a lot from my Broadway experience, it was one of the most challenging things I will probably ever have to do in my entire life, because it was eight shows a week - live singing with really hard choreography - and the spontaneity, you don't know what's going to happen.
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You are the single biggest influence in your life.
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The purpose of your life is Joy.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
