Magic Johnson Quotes
People see me high-fivin' and smiling on the court, and they don't think that's me. But it is. I just want to go out and be myself.
Quotes to Explore
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For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment, and how easy it is to fix some of those things.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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I grew up on a farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, a rural community south of Norman. My family moved to Enid, Oklahoma, in 1962, when I was a junior in high school. This cast me into a totally different environment. Enid was a company town for Champlin Petroleum, and there was an oil boom going on.
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William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I have an insane desire to shave a stroke or two off my handicap.
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If our games can help people, that's the best reward we can get.
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People see me high-fivin' and smiling on the court, and they don't think that's me. But it is. I just want to go out and be myself.
