Willis Reed Quotes

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star.

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• For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.

  

  Warren De la Rue
  • Moon
  • Interest
  • Deeper

• As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

  

  Carl Hubbell
  • Life
  • Game
  • Control

• From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.

  

  Rain
  • Action
  • Star
  • Hero

• The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Star
  • Born
  • First

• I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Family
  • Together
  • Science

• I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything more different.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Different
  • Think
  • Star

• I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Life
  • Bad
  • Star

• For everyone, 'Star Wars' has been a part of their lives in some capacity. I remember watching it very early on with my cousins and my brother, and we were all cuddled around the VHS player, which sounds very old-fashioned, but that was the way then.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Remember
  • Player
  • Star

• I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that.

  

  Lacey Chabert
  • People
  • Star
  • Grow

• You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Moon
  • Stars
  • Jealousy

• It was extraordinary 'cause I was 17 years old when I first danced with Edward Villella. And we were both young. But I had seen him dance, and he was already a star. So he was just so gentle and wonderful and kind, and we had a great rapport together. He was one of the most exciting dancers of our day.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Great
  • Together
  • Day

• I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Writing
  • Power
  • Star

• I like the company of men. I've never been welcome in those groups, but then I would no more go to a consciousness-raising group and talk about my intimate life with my husband than fly to the moon. I never understood all that.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Life
  • Men
  • Husband

• Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce a TV show every week. He showed me what was possible.

  

  Patrick Labyorteaux
  • Me
  • Star
  • Child

• The thing about 'Star Wars' is that every single person is important. Even though Rey is a big role, everyone influences everyone. If that wasn't so, why would so many people remember Admiral Ackbar?

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • People
  • Important
  • Why

• I don't like the word 'rock star' or 'super star.' I am a guitar player, a songwriter who got lucky because I stayed at it and didn't give up, long enough that people noticed me.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
  • Rock
  • Player
  • Star

• I really don't consider myself to be a conventional Hollywood star. I've never really been marketed by the big studios to do mass market box office films.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Myself
  • Star
  • Box

• Behind every man's external life, which he leads in company, there is another which he leads alone, and which he carries with him apart. We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Life
  • Alone
  • Dark

• 'Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the way that 'recreational' sounds - I don't like to say I do a lot of 'recreational' reading. I like to say that I read 'recreatively.' I do a lot of 'recreative' reading.

  

  Kevin Gates
  • Culture
  • Reading

• This Bruce Jenner still has Y chromosomes in every cell of his body. Do not tell me he is a girl. And I’ve checked with all my gay friends and they all say if he didn’t cut it off, he’s still a man.

  

  Ann Coulter
  • Friends
  • Girl
  • Gay

• It astounds me that I just keep getting better. I'm going to keep believing in myself and realize that look at Annika, when she was winning two, three tournaments a year, people were like, well, how much better can she get? I think, why can't I do that.

  

  Cristie Kerr
  • Believe
  • Winning
  • Tournaments

• We think the most important criteria for selecting an investment firm are the manager, team, and track record.

  

  John Paulson
  • Important
  • Team

• There are lots of brownfield sites in Stoke, but they are not suitable for building executive homes. It needs to be surrounded by fields. It needs to be on greenbelt land. That's what executives want.

  

  John Caudwell

• Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star.

  

  Willis Reed
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