Gerry Cooney Quotes
The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before going in with Larry Holmes. That would have made all the difference.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
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You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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Fred Segal was founded - by none other than Fred Segal - as a tiny jeans retailer in 1968. In the 1970s Segal, began selling space to employees, starting with his nephew Ron Herman.
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When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.
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George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.
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If thou wouldst help others deal with them as though they were what they should be
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before going in with Larry Holmes. That would have made all the difference.
