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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American Women: How they mortify the flesh in order to make it appetizing! Their beauty is a vast industry, their enduring allure a discipline which nuns or athletes might find excessive.
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I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
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I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.
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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.
