Rickey Henderson Quotes
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	I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.   
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	I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.   
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	I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.   
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	With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.   
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	In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?   
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	I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.   
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	Call me crazy - I love elk meat!   
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	The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.   
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	I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.   
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	I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.   
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	I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.   
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	I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.   
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	As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.   
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	I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.   
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	I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.   
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	Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.   
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	I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.   
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	Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.   
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	My time with the WEC was great for me; it was great to be able to get big-show experience, headline fight-cards, and fight for world titles.   
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	If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.   
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	Anyone who has any kind of success in Hollywood wants to make more expensive movies and spend more money, be bigger. I think it's unusual to have success and want to stay small.   
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	There is no deodorant like success.   
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	If we're talking fantasy, I would love to host a late night talk show... More Fallon than Leno. Those guys always seem like they're having way too much fun at their 'jobs.'   
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	Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					