Calvin Johnson Quotes
If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
Quotes to Explore
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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Fashion is one big family.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty.
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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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If you think that your child is going to be really sensitive to the fact that they might not win - which they probably won't - you shouldn't do it because it's not healthy if they get the feeling that they're not good enough or they're not worthy.
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I like to get real pretty.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
