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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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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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.
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I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!
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There's nothing I really believe about 50 Cent.
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When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
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That was a top-10 team against a team struggling and lacking confidence. This is a tough place to come in and have confidence.
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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.
