Javier Tebas Quotes
I don’t think there’s a real passion for these kind of events. I always ask why we should change a system of strong international competitions… if it’s not broken, why try to fix it? It’s like building castles in the sky.
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Artists are like everybody else.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. I didn't know it, because I hadn't been in the business.
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I hope to get out before they start football next year.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.
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When you give kids the tools necessary to change their destiny, it's really empowering.
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I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in the amount of time it takes an elevator to climb three floors. Well, I don't know how it is for TV spies, but I can tell you that even with Velcro, the art of the quick change is one that must take a lot of practice (not to mention better lighting than one is likely to find in a tunnel that was once part of the underground railroad).
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I don’t think there’s a real passion for these kind of events. I always ask why we should change a system of strong international competitions… if it’s not broken, why try to fix it? It’s like building castles in the sky.
