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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Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I did not grow up in a cosmopolitan environment. I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, pre-Internet, pre-college radio.
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A man will strategically organize his life in boxes and then spend most of his time in the boxes he can succeed in.
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When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
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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.
