Calvin Johnson Quotes
That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands.
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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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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
