Rafael Nadal Quotes
Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I think I need security.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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I have always loathed working out.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.
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I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress.
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Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.
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I always find it offensive when people say God showers riches on you if you're good.
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I'm working out every day. I'm in very good shape.
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Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.
