Magic Johnson Quotes
I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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The qubit acts as a bridge between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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Hollywood is what you make it; you have to choose company with care because you become what they are.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America.
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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
