Oscar Robertson Quotes
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
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If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I never intended to become a commercial filmmaker in the first place. What I do requires time and experimentation. Commercial work is often not the best way to get the most innovative work, because it's about money and marketing. Although advertising is now embracing non-commercial people.
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I'm not a fan of fillers at all. If you've gone 35 or 40 years without big lips, I don't think it's time to start plumping them up artificially.
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Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift.
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The first year (in 2004) we beat them in the first round and last year we lost to them in the first round. So this is kind of the deciding (game), the best two out of three.
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You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
