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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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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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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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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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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Let's learn to consume the least amount of energy possible.
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It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
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I believe that artists should be paid for their creativity. There's no other industry where people can come in and take what you create for free and give it away for free and that's acceptable.
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I try to think of the social function of fiction as drawing the individual toward larger social and political questions. But I'm also very comfortable in saying that my novel - any novel - doesn't matter as much as larger questions of how we can see justice done.
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The thing I like to do when I'm making records is to keep it exciting, as opposed to, 'There's a bass player, guitar player... ' Just a little variety.
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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.
