Ed Parker Quotes
Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
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My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be writing songs for myself.'
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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I take yoga classes, do a mile run, and of course take part in some kind of water sport.
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My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.
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There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.
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Our strongest gifts are usually those we are barely aware of possessing. They are a part of our God-given nature, with us from the moment we drew first breath, and we are no more conscious of having them than we are of breathing.
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Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.
