Oscar Robertson Quotes
I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.
