Gary Bettman Quotes
I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Me personally, I like to wear as few artificially made products as possible. That stuff affects us, one way or another.
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It's important that if one opposes discriminatory speech, one opposes all kinds. That is that one decides on a principle that it will include all minorities. But if the protection of one minority against another minority is what is happening, then I worry about that.
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My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.
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I make a really delicious eggplant and squash curry that's inspired by Vij of Vij's Restaurant, a great chef and restaurateur in Vancouver. I like to cook that dish because it's really simple, but the flavor is so pungent and intense that I feel like I'm a real chef whenever I create it.
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I don't believe in politics. I'm an anarchist, I guess you could say. I think people could be just fine looking after themselves.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
