Larry Holmes Quotes
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I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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Life doesn't stop with football.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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'Air' is very placeless - it's set in many different countries, and much of the story is about going places rather than being places. 'Air' is about travelers, and I'm a chronic traveler.
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I like to be against the odds.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.
